Explosion in the North Sea Seconds from Disaster : Season 1 Episode 10
TV-PG National Geographic 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: October 5th, 2004 @ 8:30 PM EST on National Geographic
July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire with a loss of 167 workers. Why did the Piper Alpha explode without warning? Was Human Error to blame? What about Mechanical Failure? Or even sabotage?