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The first Cullen Report was prompted by Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha disaster on 6 July 1988, [1] in which gas condensate ignited, killing 167 of the 229 people on board the oil platform in only 22 minutes. [2]
Lord Cullen has conducted inquiries into three major British disasters, all of which are known as the Cullen Inquiry: The Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, 6 July 1988. The Dunblane Massacre of schoolchildren, 13 March 1996. The Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west London of 5 October 1999.
A replica of Oklahoma aviator Wiley Post's Winnie Mae hangs in the atrium of the Oklahoma History Center. The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located on an 18-acre (7.3 ha) plot across the street from the Governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City, the current museum opened in 2005 ...
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, England, when a Thames Trains-operated passenger train passed a signal at danger, colliding almost head-on with a First Great Western-operated passenger train. With 31 people killed and 417 ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Oklahoma City attorney Bob Burke may know more about Oklahoma history than any other living person. Born in Broken Bow 76 years ago, Burke has both a degree in journalism and a law degree, and he ...
Lord Cullen: May 2000 September 2001 Part 1 Part 2: To investigate the crash at Ladbroke Grove Junction on 5 October 1999 between trains operated by Thames Trains and First Great Western, which caused considerable loss of life and injuries. The Southall and Ladbroke Grove Joint Inquiry into Train Protection Systems etc.
The Cullen Report into the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in 1999 recommended the establishment of an accident investigation body within the Department for Transport along the same lines as the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Air Accident Investigation Branch, bodies that have distinguished themselves by their professionalism and objectivity.