Piper Alpha oil rig fire

Title

Piper Alpha oil rig fire

Genre

Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:05

Description

Relatives of men killed in the Piper Alpha oil rig fire speak emotionally about their meeting with Energy Secretary Cecil Parkinson, where he said he could not do anything to bring the bodies back before the wreckage of the rig is blown up. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Fires; Oil extraction; Cecil Parkinson; North Sea

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