The black days
Published: 21. December 2015 Updated: 5. March 2020
Offshore operations have cost lives. Understand the forces which broke a bracing on the Alexander L Kielland rig in 1980 and the fatal consequences.
Ulykken med Alexander L. Kielland-plattformen kreved 123 menneskeliv og er den verste ulykken i norsk oljehistrorie. Foto: Fredrik Ringe
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