Fireproof, Not Blastproof: The Piper Alpha Disaster | Fascinating Horror

"On the 6th of July 1988 an explosion took place on board the Piper Alpha oil platform situated in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible.   / fascinatinghorror   SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter:   / truehorrortales   ► TikTok:   / fascinatinghorror   ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:29 - The Piper Alpha Disaster 08:35 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Piper Alpha: The Disaster in Detail" by Fiona Macleod and Stephen Richardson, published by The Chemical Engineer, July 2018. Link: https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/f... ► "The Piper Alpha Disaster: A Personal Perspective with Transferrable Lessons on the Long-Term Moral Impact of Safety Failures" by Marc Reid, published by the American Chemical Society, February 2020. Available via: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.... ► "The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster" by the Hon Lord Cullen, published by The Health and Safety Executive, November 1990. Available via: https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/piper... ► "Piper Alpha survivor Billy Clayton re-lives fateful night of horrors" by Katie Davies, published by Chronicle Live, July 2013. Link: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/... ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​