The 1983 diving accident that killed five through explosive decompression

On November 5, 1983, at 4 a.m., a mechanical failure on an oil rig in the North Sea killed five men so quickly and violently that the physics involved still gets cited in diving safety courses four decades later.
The Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible drilling rig operating in the Frigg gas field. — Read the rest
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