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Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy. Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda , [ 1 ] and drilled seasonally for various companies in the British, Danish, and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea .
English: Overhead diagram of the diving bell compression chamber in the Byford Dolphin at the moment that the accident occurred (D1 – D4 are the divers; T1 and T2 are the dive tenders), J.C. Giertsen et al., American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 9(2):94-101, 1988.
Decompression incidents do not occur solely in aircraft; the Byford Dolphin accident is an example of violent explosive decompression of a saturation diving system on an oil rig. A decompression event is often the result of a failure caused by another problem (such as an explosion or mid-air collision), but the decompression event may worsen ...
Image credits: shawneffel Art imitates life. And if you look closely enough, art also is life.The photos from this list prove that there can be beauty in the most mundane and random moments if we ...
November 5 – Byford Dolphin rig diving bell accident: Off the coast of Norway, 5 divers are killed and 1 is severely wounded in an explosive decompression accident. November 7. Able Archer 83: Many Soviet officials misinterpret this NATO exercise as a nuclear first strike, causing the last nuclear scare of the Cold War.
All major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided last week in Washington, DC, have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Saturday.
Herbert Coward. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Herbert Lee “Cowboy” Coward, who was known for his role in Deliverance, died at age 85 after a car crash. Coward was involved in a collision on ...
Uncontrolled decompression accidents and incidents involving humans in pressure chambers and aircraft. Pages in category "Decompression accidents and incidents" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.