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4 results found for '"Bob Ballantyne"' in Contributors.
Piper Alpha survivors afraid to work on the rigs (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
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...
Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)
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- News report; Interview
Survivors of the Piper Alpha disaster discuss the attempted sabotage of the rig and express their disbelief. John Wood, who worked on Piper Alpha, says it was terrifying. Bob Ballantyne, who survived the...
Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A survivor of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, John Wood describes the inferno which nearly took his life. Alex Blake Milton reveals that the platform was nearly destroyed by a saboteur a year before the...
First anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster (1989)
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- Interview
Furious offshore oil workers are calling for a twenty-four hour strike on the first anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. They say a stoppage on July the sixth would be a reminder to the Government...