Piper Alpha disaster
| Accident aboard the North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha on 6 July 1988, in which 167 people died. The rig was devastated by a series of explosions, caused initially by a gas leakage. An official inquiry held into the disaster highlighted the vulnerability of offshore rigs. |
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