A survivor of the Piper Alpha disaster has been appointed as the executive ... who survived when the platform exploded on 6 July 1988. A total of 167 men lost their lives. Mr Rae - whose ...
Families of the men killed in the world’s worst oil rig disaster have ... that ripped apart the Piper Alpha platform 120 miles off the Aberdeenshire coast in July 1988. Those left behind say ...
Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. The tragic ...
Following the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster, UK regulation had been “significantly tightened”, he said. US President Barack Obama likened the spill's impact to the way the 9/11 attacks shaped US ...