What Went Wrong: Countdown To Catastrophe - Season 3 - Eps 5: Piper alpha oil platform tragedy
200 kilometers north of Aberdeen, Scotland in the North Sea, the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded and sank on July 6th, 1988, killing 167 of the men on board, as well as two rescue workers whose ship was trapped in the burning, disintegrating oil rig. 61 workers escaped and survived - several tell their stories here. 30 bodies were never recovered.
About What Went Wrong: Countdown To Catastrophe
Title: What Went Wrong: Countdown To Catastrophe
First Air Date: 2019-09-09
Last Air Date: 2024-08-05
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 24
Network: Unknown
Genres: Unknown
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
A two season series with 12 episodes that tell the in-depth story of high-profile catastrophic events while explaining the engineering failures that reveal what went wrong.
