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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]
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 ...
[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]
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 child in Hartford, Connecticut was shot after throwing a snowball at a car, police say. ... Child killed: A 13-year-old was brutally murdered. 2 teen girls have been arrested in connection to ...
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.
Norwegian commercial diver A. L. Alvestad died of hypothermia and hypoxia due to overwork while conducting a bell dive from the drillship 'Borgny' Dolphin in the North Sea. [69] "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In (music by Dick Bakker, lyrics by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) won the 20th Eurovision Song Contest 1975 (staged in Stockholm) for the ...
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