Oil Rig Explosion

[verve1994]

My dad left that rig a week before it exploded he lost a lot of mates .sorry to all the families of piper alfa .Am going to a oil rig next month for the first time doing painting, shot blasting .i am very nervous !!

[verve1994]

my dad came off that rig a week before it exploded my dad lost a lot of mates on it sorry to all families of piper alfa .am going to a oil rig next month for the first time doing painting ,shot blasting and am very nervous !!!

[Hoops355]

bye bye £600million worth of oil rig

[chiefop]

This is history, and the actual date of this tragedy should be shown in title.

The good side is that Offshore safety and procedures vastly improved as a result of this tragedy.iam x SLB.

[hardruffle]

this tragedy took place 12 years ago

[chiefop]

you mean 22 years ago.Wiki says July 6, 1988.RIP.

[AndyMcArren1356]

0:30 Piper Alpha looked liek a heli but i still belive its a oil rig.

[adamkenny]

My grandad drove CNBC news and CNN round Aberdeen for News footage. R.I.P everyone In this accident. :[

[ganzoontube]

I am process engineer for the biggest north sea operator, and I really feel for them and their families.

The best way to honor them for us:

Safety First

Never break procedure

Check everything, and be alert of variations.

R.I.P. to all of them.

[BusterXXXL]

@ganzoontube Whats your guess about the source of the explosion. I havent found much about that on the tubes so far?

[BeeaReADee]

true,but thats fucked up.so fuck you.

[trsatskidon]

I have been around that day! SAD! But that+s the part of our life! I am still in the business! Persian gulf! All the best to the all oil workers all around the planet! God bless you all!

[bingandbongfan]

saftey on all the rigs is better,as iam a current worker in the north sea,i thank the families for there sacrifice,but lets not slip or we now what can happen!

[muppet654321]

my father helped build piper alpha at mcdermotts yard at ardersier,and in 1990 i helped build it's replacement piper bravo.R.I.P we will remember them.

[princeplato]

R.I.P all the lads and lasses.

[strangevideoman]

The bravo is a great rig, nice job !

[010546]

Remember guys..Pleasae

[aladon1965]

I'd never saw any of this before now. Still a shocking thing. Lost a friend that day too. I was in Sullom Voe when it happened.

[firebreathnation077]

...next thing was fingers pointing at the production team (this comment not from me - I heard from a friend who was on neighbouring platform on that day)

[f0rd4z]

I was on the Claymore Alpha at the time, had worked previously on the Piper as a Crane Operator but got transferred between rigs about 2 weeks before this happened.

I remember waking up and watching the fire from the deck of the Clay, a good 20 miles away.

A lot of good men died on that thing.

[Nikkosidcup]

Sorry was not an oil rig, but a fixed installation jacket platform.

[alimac1977]

Does it really matter what kind of installation/rig it was? Its the tragedy that is relevant.

[Amarventris]

excellent coverage. i never even heard about this. Follow up coverage anywhere?

[Nikkosidcup]

Never heard of it which planet are from

[aladon1965]

What are you on? Go away.