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Bangkokhibby said:
Was on the Santa Fe 135 in dry dock when it happened and had been on the Tharos many times. R.I.P.
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I went out to the GA 3 the day after and remember the pall of black smoke visible 30 miles away and reading the list of names as it grew ever longer. Lost a good colleague that day but so many families lost loved ones and breadwinners.
 
blue toon hibby said:
Piper Alpha, 36 years ago today. 167 men lost their lives.
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Watched a documentary about it last week.
Horrible tragedy.
A guy trapped on the very top, jumped off and survived…. Sure it was about 80m 👀
Could be wrong though, but fuckin high.
Down to ridiculously poor health and safety by the heed honchos 😞
 
I worked with a fellow sparky who had been on the rig at the time.
When shit went wrong, he was on the platform with a workmate , one went left , and one went right. He never seen the guy again. My man got picked up by a supply boat. He was a broken man . It was terribly sad, and hearing it first hand was a real eye opener .
And he was a Clyde fan . For.some reason, I just thought I would add that .

I think about him and his fellow sufferers a lot .
 
One of my peeves in soft handed office life is jargonistic bullshit. I mostly take it philosophically and as an opportunity for a pish take as most do. But I do remember soiling my pampers when I first heard some - probably American - weapon, use the phrase ‘burning platform’…meaning a situation so urgent it requires do or die efforts….ie jump into the sea as the metaphor goes.

Sadly it’s now omnipresent. Still makes me want to punch folk.
 
Hattie said:
Watched a documentary about it last week.
Horrible tragedy.
A guy trapped on the very top, jumped off and survived…. Sure it was about 80m 👀
Could be wrong though, but fuckin high.
Down to ridiculously poor health and safety by the heed honchos 😞
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All those who survived did so by abandoning to sea. Either by climbing or jumping. The majority who died thought they were doing the right thing by sheltering in the accommodation block. It melted and sank into the sea. Tragic.
 
Bangkokhibby said:
All those who survived did so by abandoning to sea. Either by climbing or jumping. The majority who died thought they were doing the right thing by sheltering in the accommodation block. It melted and sank into the sea. Tragic.
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Were they not told to go/stay there?
 
My colleague was found dead the next day, floating on the water. When offshore, we were generally expected to phone the office most days. He was a maverick though and hardly ever called the office. The strange thing was he phoned our boss at home that evening, just for a blether.
 
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