Bi4 Dolphin Accident: What Really Happened?

Tragically, catastrophic decompression killed all five people instantly because the diving bell was improperly opened while still under pressure, causing a violent release of air. The horrific 1983 byford dolphin accident saw four people gruesomely die after a sudden underwater decompression. Here's what the autopsies found. Industrial accidents are sadly commonplace, but few are as horrific as the one that killed five men on the byford dolphin oil rig in 1983. Northumberland diver roy lucas was just 38 when he died in a diving bell accident off the coast of norway in november 1983, along with four other divers at the.

In 1983, a tragic accident on the byford dolphin oil rig resulted in explosive decompression, instantly killing four saturation divers and critically injuring another crew. On , an accident at the byford dolphin oil rig, located in the north sea off the coast of norway, cost five people their lives in a particularly horrifying way.