Alpha Oil Rig Survivor.

[Fouro]

Click on html to read about him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-sc...tland-48280082

Regards from,
Fouro.

[Fouro]

The Day I Nearly Died.
Click on to html to view this most recent video.

https://youtu.be/fNBDIPunsW4

Regards from,
Fouro.

[Denis O'Shea]

Hi Fouro thanks for that it is only when you see that you realise the bravery of those S/by boats trying to save the survivors, Rgs Den

[Fouro]

Re # 7.
Yes Den, seeing is believing, this is the reason I always try to include videos as evidence what I am writing about.
It beggars belief that someone on this site had the indecency to insult JWS who was the skipper of the "Silver Pit" standby vessel on that horrendous night who's crew managed to pick up most of the survivors from the burning inferno which surrounded them.
People say- Time heals and helps them to forget, alas, others never forget. This is the reason why the Piper Alpha disaster will be remembered for ever.
May all the poor souls who lost their lives in the disaster R.I.P.

Regards from,
Fouro.

[Fouro]

How Steve Rae escaped from Piper Alpha disaster.
Click html to read about it.

https://www.stepchangeinsafety.net/a...nged-our-world

others who are interested in the Piper Alpha disaster should be pleased to read this post.

Regards from,
Fouro.

[John Pruden]

there would be no one better than john involved in this thread he witness recovered and saved people there at the time and if you are looking john you are missed here I think the days of troubles are over on the site so come back I don't know why you went and don't want to know but come back your input was second to none{just my view} jp

[happy daze john in oz]

there would be no one better than john involved in this thread he witness recovered and saved people there at the time and if you are looking john you are missed here I think the days of troubles are over on the site so come back I don't know why you went and don't want to know but come back your input was second to none{just my view} jp

John I agree totally and have asked him the question.
But just now it is no, sadly as his knowledge was invaluable on all sea going matters.

It has often crossed my mind regarding the Alpha, was it an accident or could it have been an act of sabotage by those who were not in favor of it for any reason?

[Chris Allman]

By the sounds of inquiry as I read it - it looks like it was a procedural error in that the required paperwork indicating the progress or lack of, of a mechanical repair / refit task was missing or in the wrong tray. Therefore when the engineers opened a valve it was not isolated as they believed and as a result, the resultant leak and explosion occurred it would seem. That is my understanding from all that has been written about it, but that may not be all the true facts.

[Fouro]

Bad maintenance and lack of liasion between shifts is the simple reason which caused the disaster.

Regards from,
Fouro.

[Chris Allman]

Was anyone ever prosecuted for Health & Safety breaches Fouro or was everything just brushed under the carpet.