Piper Alpha survivors afraid to work on the rigs
- Title
- Piper Alpha survivors afraid to work on the rigs
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 16 Aug 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:01:27
- Description
- Bob Ballantyne, Piper Alpha disaster survivor freely admits he’s too frightened to go back to the rig, due to flashbacks and says other survivors who tried to work offshore again had to be brought back by medi-vac. Originally from Northsound Radio. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Bob Ballantyne; Northsound Radio
- Keywords
- Fires; Industrial accidents; Petroleum industry; Piper Alpha; Post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
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LBC/IRN, "Piper Alpha survivors afraid to work on the rigs". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007900220004 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)