Tragically Inexperienced: The Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Disaster

coordinating their search by developing drift plots and concentrating downwind from the

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's last position; However, recovering the victims they found in the water was proving almost impossible; Under current conditions, the first rescue-capable RCC helicopter could not take off until 4:15 a.m. and the oil companies' helicopters arrived on the scene at 4:35 am, but had no rescue capability, they attempted to assist the supply ships only as additional eyes; However, with the storm raging and ceilings as low as three to six hundred feet composed of a mix of rain and snow, the helicopters attempted to search, but visibility was almost zero above 70 feet and any point below this. altitude put them at serious risk due to massive waves still reaching these heights later in their search, as the supply ships had spread out to cover more area by 7:00 a.m. m. northern time.

The tour saw an overturned lifeboat with a Seaforth Highlander life ring attached to it after several failed attempts to recover it. Captain Allingham on his last attempt observed approximately 20 lifeless bodies still tied inside. Several bodies suddenly floated through a crack in the bow. One of them was washing. on the aft deck of the north tour and was successfully recovered, Captain Allingham said the lifeboat eventually disappeared into the waves and most likely sank. This would be the first of the 22 victims eventually recovered from the Ocean Ranger with all 84 souls on board, however she missed the platform. She wasn't done taking lives, the Ocean Ranger sank upside down in 260 feet of water crushing the oil derrick's tower in the process.

Please note the information of how these events happened and all the details that unfolded were only pieced together after years of investigation by multiple agencies the royal commission of canada the ntsb the united states coast guard and nearby areas in newfoundland devastated with odeco and his legal team pushing back along the road that same morning on Monday February 15, 1982 the storm was still ravaging many search and rescue resources suddenly had to be diverted when mechanic Terezov a general cargo ship roll- on roll-off Soviet flag was hit in the nearby area by the same storm and sank around 5 am with 32 souls lost with only 100 feet of free space between the bottom of the pontoon and the surface of the water now the

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sunken was considered a shipping hazard and a decision was made to relocate it further out to sea, two divers preparing the pontoons for floating with cutting and welding tools died in a sudden explosion and a week later a diver reportedly more died from an object thrown by mistake to the surface.

Over time, the platform would successfully float, tow and bury it further out to sea. This

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was due to a number of factors, both large and small, including severe weather breakdowns and chain of command. The defects and design of the Ocean Ranger, such as chain lockers, portholes and other aspects of the ballast control room. Lack of training and safety on the part of oil platform owners and contractors. Lack of specific regulation in an industry that was openly taking advantage of inattentive governments. A culture of oversight across the industry. being above the law, the list goes on and many changes in training and safety methods would occur as a result of this monumental tragedy.

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