Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | The Leak | 1
Against The Odds13 Aug 2024

Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | The Leak | 1

On July 6th, 1988, workers clock in to a typical night shift aboard Piper Alpha, the world’s largest offshore oil rig, in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Then, around 10 p.m., a series of mistakes leads to a gas leak and explosion. Soon, 226 men find themselves trapped on the burning platform, in what will become one of the deadliest man-made disasters in history.


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