In July 1988 just days after he joined the army Shane Gorman was sent home with no explanation. On the way he saw the newspaper headlines. The Piper Alpha oil platform had caught fire and collapsed ...

Jake Molloy of the RMT-OILC union was speaking on the 23rd anniversary of the disaster that led to the deaths of 167 members of the offshore workforce. “Nobody likes to look back to such a terrible ...

With the same meticulous research employed in books on sea explorer Jacques Cousteau and the mysteries of the oceans, Matsen (Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King) takes on the devastating 1988 Piper Alpha ...

On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost. The drama comes ...

Bob Ballantyne, who became the voice of the survivors of the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster, has died after a battle against cancer. Bob, aged 61, was one of only 62 men who survived the catastrophe, which ...

The Royal Air Force rescue team gazed at the hellish spectacle in front of them. They were alone in the middle of the North Sea, and one of the world’s largest oil platforms was consumed by flames and ...

Tributes have been paid to one of the heroes of the Piper Alpha disaster after he lost his life to cancer at the age of just 56. Rescuer Iain Letham was a deckhand on a standby boat who was awarded ...

A FIREFIGHTER who worked alongside Red Adair to quell the Piper Alpha fireball has compared the disaster to the 9/11 Twin Towers attacks. Brian Krause said yesterday that the tragedy, which remains ...