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Why Norwegians are so security-minded

Post 1

Titania (gone for lunch)

...when it comes to oil platforms might have something to do with the Alexander Kielland tragedy:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/27/newsid_2531000/2531091.stm

I visited Stavanger one or two years later and from the harbour I could see the platform floating up and down, with its legs in the air...


Why Norwegians are so security-minded

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Smudger879n

I was on board the sister rig to the Alexander Kielland at the time it went oversmiley - erm

They flew us all off, then week later we returned expecting to see a different rig, but all we saw was the same one with extra bracing welded insmiley - ermsmiley - oksmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger,


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