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Title Piper Alpha : fire in the night / produced by Anthony Wonke
Published London : Digital Rights Group, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (90 min.)
Series Engineering case studies online (video)
Summary Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred in the North Sea on board the Piper Alpha rig in July 1988, in what was the world's deadliest offshore oil disaster. It was a cataclysm that killed 167 men and left only 61 survivors. Emotional testimonies, archive footage and dramatic reconstructions show how survivors, against all odds, escaped the inferno - including those who were forced to jump from the 175ft high Helideck into the sea below
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 14, 2014)
In English
Subject Offshore oil well drilling -- Accidents -- North Sea -- History -- 20th century
Oil well drilling rigs -- North Sea -- History -- 20th century
Oil wells -- North Sea -- Blowouts
Disasters -- North Sea
Disasters.
Offshore oil well drilling -- Accidents.
Oil well drilling rigs.
Oil wells -- Blowouts.
Atlantic Ocean -- North Sea.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
History.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Wonke, Anthony.
STV Productions (Firm)