The horrific 1983 byford dolphin accident saw four people gruesomely die after a sudden underwater decompression. Here's what the autopsies found. Autopsy reports indicated that edwin arthur coward, roy p. Lucas, and bjørn giæver bergersen were essentially boiled from the inside as the nitrogen in their blood erupted into gas bubbles. On november 5, 1983, an accident at the byford dolphin oil rig, located in the north sea off the coast of norway, cost five people their lives in a particularly horrifying way.
The most conspicuous finding was large amounts of fat in the large arteries and veins and in the cardiac chambers, as well as intravascular fat in the organs,. One of the divers was sudden decompression of four divers from a pressure. Trunk when the accident happened. He was shot out through. The door and severely mutilated. Statoil stands by the findings of its internal inquiry into a fatal accident on the byford dolphin drilling rig two years ago, executive vice president henrik carlsen has. I always assumed that they had exploded, i thought those pictures in the autopsy report were just past photos showing who the divers were. If anyone is able to clarify whether. 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. No new facts have come to light that would indicate that the content and conclusions in the original investigation report following the fatal accident on byford dolphin in. Northumberland diver roy lucas was just 38 when he died in a diving bell accident off the coast of norway in november 1983, along with four other divers at the. The autopsy results are described. The most conspicuous finding was large amounts of fat in the large arteries and veins and in the cardiac chambers, as well as intravascular fat in the organs,. 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.
Northumberland diver roy lucas was just 38 when he died in a diving bell accident off the coast of norway in november 1983, along with four other divers at the. The autopsy results are described. The most conspicuous finding was large amounts of fat in the large arteries and veins and in the cardiac chambers, as well as intravascular fat in the organs,. 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. One of the divers was about to close the door between the chamber system and the trunk when the accident happened. He was shot out through the door and severely mutilated. The byford dolphin tragedy claimed the lives of five people and a diver has issued a warning to those who are looking up the incident. On 5 november, 1983, four divers and one. William crammond, a 'tender' who was assisting the divers, was hit by the dive bell as it flew away and killed. Things were much worse for the four divers: It was 2 feet across but open only by a few.
He was shot out through the door and severely mutilated. The byford dolphin tragedy claimed the lives of five people and a diver has issued a warning to those who are looking up the incident. On 5 november, 1983, four divers and one. William crammond, a 'tender' who was assisting the divers, was hit by the dive bell as it flew away and killed. Things were much worse for the four divers: It was 2 feet across but open only by a few.
