Spiral to Disaster
Description
On the night of July 6th 1988, the Piper Alpha oil rig was destroyed by fire and explosion .There were 226 men on board; 167 perished. This film focuses on one crucial hour in the disaster when lives could have been saved.
Runtime
29 min
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Geography
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Date of Publication
[2014], c1997
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