Bi4 Dolphin Accident: The Footage You Need To See

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. The byford dolphin accident refers to a tragic incident that occurred on , on the byford dolphin oil rig in the north sea. An explosive decompression in the rigs. The incident occurred approximately 220. 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.

The incident cost the company. Diving bell accident 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 decompression chamber system. On , at a drilling field in the norwegian section of the north sea, a diving bell was hauled up from beneath the ocean and attached to the saturation chambers.