The Byford Dolphin Accident | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 5th of November, 1983, a diving bell was winched up out of the dark, choppy waters of the North Sea..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Background
05:39 - The Byford Dolphin Accident
08:52 - The Aftermath

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Lost at Sea" by TrackTribe

SOURCES:
► "An Explosive Decompression Accident" by JC Giertsen, E Sandstad, I Morild, G Bang, AJ Bjersand and S Eidsvik, published by The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1988. Available via: https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7cee52d7eb3ec606a82d0f1b9a61/giertsen1988.pdf
► "Byford Dolphin diving incident casts long shadow 40 years on" by Andrew Dykes, published by Energy Voice, November 2023. Link: https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/norway/540650/byford-dolphin-diving-incident-casts-long-shadow-40-years-on/
► "The Diving Accident on the Byford Dolphin" published by Norway's Public Investigations office, February 1984. Available via: https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013081906099?page=15
► "The worst diving accident in history" by Gunnar Ringheim, published by Dagbladet, March 2008. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20110605103112/http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001080047056&tag=item&words=byford%3Bdolphin

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