LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster - rescue operation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:01:11

Description

Interview with a male diver (not identified) about the rescue operation following the capsizing of the Norwegian Alexander Kielland oil rig in the Ekofisk field in the North Sea (27/03/80). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; Industrial accidents; Oil extraction; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Maritime rescue; Petroleum industry; Oilfields; Divers; Search and rescue operations; Norway; Diving; Alexander Kielland; Ekofisk

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