Post by Administrator on Jul 6, 2019 16:03:06 GMT
People gathered to the memorial gardens at Hazlehead Park for an act of remembrance marking 31 years since the explosion that killed 167 people on the North Sea oil rig.
The service was lead by Gordon Craig from Oil and Gas Chaplain who expressed words of commemoration that included a reading of names of whose who died that day.
On July 6, 1988, Piper Alpha, an oil production platform situated 120 miles off the north-east coast of Aberdeen erupted into flames following an explosion on the platform.
As a result, 167 people died including two crewmen of a rescue vessel. Only 61 workers managed to escape and survive.
The total insured loss was about £1.7 billion making it one of the costliest man-made catastrophes ever
On July 6, 1988, Piper Alpha, an oil production platform situated 120 miles off the north-east coast of Aberdeen erupted into flames following an explosion on the platform.
As a result, 167 people died including two crewmen of a rescue vessel. Only 61 workers managed to escape and survive.
The total insured loss was about £1.7 billion making it one of the costliest man-made catastrophes everce was followed by a laying of wreaths at the garden’s iconic three manned statue.
The service was lead by Gordon Craig from Oil and Gas Chaplain who expressed words of commemoration that included a reading of names of whose who died that day.
On July 6, 1988, Piper Alpha, an oil production platform situated 120 miles off the north-east coast of Aberdeen erupted into flames following an explosion on the platform.
As a result, 167 people died including two crewmen of a rescue vessel. Only 61 workers managed to escape and survive.
The total insured loss was about £1.7 billion making it one of the costliest man-made catastrophes ever
On July 6, 1988, Piper Alpha, an oil production platform situated 120 miles off the north-east coast of Aberdeen erupted into flames following an explosion on the platform.
As a result, 167 people died including two crewmen of a rescue vessel. Only 61 workers managed to escape and survive.
The total insured loss was about £1.7 billion making it one of the costliest man-made catastrophes everce was followed by a laying of wreaths at the garden’s iconic three manned statue.