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Diving bell accident. [edit] On Saturday, 5 November 1983, at 4:00 a.m., while drilling in the Frigg gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell.
On 5 November 1983, an accident resulting in the sudden decompression of four divers from a pressure of 9 atm to | atm occurred on board the Norwegian oil ng Byford Dolphin in the North Sea. THE ACCIDENT The situation just before this accident occurred was as follows (Fig. 1). Compression chambers | and 2 were
17 maj 2024 · In 1983, a tragic accident on the Byford Dolphin oil rig resulted in explosive decompression, instantly killing four saturation divers and critically injuring another crew member. The rapid decompression occurred when a diving bell prematurely detached from its chamber due to unsealed chamber doors.
21 lut 2024 · Industrial accidents are sadly commonplace, but few are as horrific as the one that killed five men on the Byford Dolphin oil rig in 1983. Here's what happened.
24 lip 2024 · The Byford Dolphin accident refers to a tragic incident that occurred on November 5, 1983, on the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea. An explosive decompression in the rig’s decompression chamber system led to the immediate deaths of four saturation divers and one dive tender.
3 kwi 2020 · The worst diving accident in Norwegian history occurred at 04.00 on 5 November 1983 on the Byford Dolphin rig. — "Byford Dolphin" drilling work at Northeast Frigg. Photo: TotalFinaElf/Norwegian Petroleum Museum. This incident cost five people their lives, while one was seriously injured.
4 lis 2023 · On 5 November 1983 an explosive decompression incident during a diving operation on the Byford Dolphin rig claimed the lives of five people. Some forty years on, the accident – the terrible...
