Piper Alpha - Recovery of bodies

Title

Piper Alpha - Recovery of bodies

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:56

Description

The North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha was sunk following an explosion killing 167 men. An unidentified male speaker discusses how they will recover the bodies from the platform, the difficulties they will face, how his workers will cope and how many bodies they expect to find. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; Fires; Oil extraction; North Sea; Search and rescue operations; Salvage; Piper Alpha (oil platform)

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