Red Adair on the Piper Alpha tragedy

Title

Red Adair on the Piper Alpha tragedy

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

31 Jul 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Andy Stenton reports on the aftermath of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster. American troubleshooter, Red Adair, who was brought in to work on the unstable structure talks to press about the scale of the tragedy, and the challenges of the work. Occidental spokesman Alex Blake Milton on the search for the bodies on board.

Contributors

Red Adair; Andy Stenton; Alex Blake Milton

Keywords

Deaths; Emergency services; Fires; Rescue work; Manmade disasters; Piper Alpha; Occidental

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