Seconds From Disaster

Season 1 • Episode 10: Explosion in the North Sea • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 10: Explosion in the North Sea

November 27, 2005 • 45 min

July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire with a loss of 167 workers. Why did the Piper Alpha explode without warning? Was Human Error to blame? What about Mechanical Failure? Or even sabotage?

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