Iona Ballantyne and her dad Bob who survived the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 BBC Scotland apprentice Iona Ballantyne, whose father Bob survived Piper Alpha, shares her personal reflections on the ...

“Piper Alpha was no accident, it was a disaster waiting to happen. “In the boom time of the 70s and early 80s, Piper was the world’s most productive offshore platform, producing 284,000 ...

In 1988 the horror of Piper Alpha was not played out on 24-hour rolling news on our TV screens. There were no newspaper websites with real-time updates and internet news blogs did not exist.

A minute's silence has been held in Aberdeen in memory of the 167 men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster 30 years ago. The name of each worker was read aloud at a service attended by ...

Piper Alpha Disaster. Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 12, 2025. The Royal Air Force rescue team gazed at the hellish spectacle in front of them.

But there's nothing, nothing like Piper Alpha," the TV cameraman, who sustained injuries filming near the twin towers, said. This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the worst offshore disaster ...

When the names of the 167 men who perished in the Piper Alpha disaster are read aloud at the 30th anniversary memorial service, Geoff Bollands will recognise all too many of them. The former ...

Died: January 15, 2025. Ron Bird, who has died aged 72, was a prominent, colourful and distinctive figure in politics and community activism in Aberdeen for almost half a century.

BBC Developing Drama Series About Scotland’s Piper Alpha Disaster, The Catastrophic Oil Rig Tragedy That Killed 167 People. By Max Goldbart. Max Goldbart. International TV Co-Editor ...

BBC Scotland apprentice Iona Ballantyne, whose father Bob survived Piper Alpha, shares her personal reflections on the worst accident since oil started flowing from the North Sea. What happened ...

“Piper Alpha was no accident, it was a disaster waiting to happen. “In the boom time of the 70s and early 80s, Piper was the world’s most productive offshore platform, producing 284,000 ...