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On 17 April 2002, a 44-year-old Norwegian worker on the rig was struck on the head and killed in an industrial accident. The accident resulted in Byford Dolphin losing an exploration contract with Statoil, which expressed concerns with the rig's operating procedures. The incident cost the company millions of US dollars in lost income. [12]
David Pleace, 57, died while scuba diving to a shipwreck in Scotland after part of his equipment disconnected. Scuba diver’s death preventable if equipment was properly checked, coroner says ...
A helicopter flying between an offshore oil platform and mainland Norway crashed into the North Sea, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them seriously, authorities said Thursday.
Tor Rathje Eckhoff (22 November 1964 – 27 November 2021), also known as Apetor (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːpəˌtuːɾ]), was a Norwegian YouTuber known primarily for his videos where he drank vodka while performing daring activities on frozen waters, like ice skating, swimming in ice holes and diving.
Ocean Systems' bell showing drop weight. The Drill Master diving accident was an incident in Norway in January 1974 that resulted in the death of two commercial divers.During a two-man dive from the North Sea rig Drill Master, the diving bell's drop weight was accidentally released, causing the bell to surface from a depth of 320 feet (98 m) with its bottom door open and drag the diver working ...
The cellphone footage provides the clearest angle yet of Wednesday's tragic midair collision in Washington, DC, that killed 67 people in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a ...
[2] [3] Mevoli died at 1:44 p.m. He was the first athlete to die in an international free-diving competition. [3] The New York Times published a photograph of a visibly distressed Mevoli taken just after his return to the surface from his last dive and shortly before he lost consciousness. [1]
A U.S. Coast Guard diver lowered from the sky Wednesday braved frigid rapids to get to a car partly submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, only to find it was too late to rescue the ...