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    the sixth of July

    The sixth of July. On this day in 1988 one hundred and sixty seven men were killed on Piper Alpha.

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    and without googling, that was the drilling rig in the north seas yeah ?

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    Yeah it was. Horrendous. Lots of safety lessons were learned from it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alison View Post
    Yeah it was. Horrendous. Lots of safety lessons were learned from it.
    ...not all of which are being applied today, even in Australia !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackswan View Post
    ...not all of which are being applied today, even in Australia !
    Is that right? Shameful, totally shameful!

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