In 1983, a routine saturation dive aboard the Byford Dolphin drilling rig ended in the most catastrophic explosive decompression in diving history. A tiny opening between pressurized chambers caused ...
On , aboard the Byford Dolphin oil drilling platform in the North Sea, a group of saturation divers were completing a routine decompression transfer between a diving bell and a ...
The case in question is the 1983 Byford Dolphin disaster, now treated less as an isolated accident and more as a catalyst for industry-wide reform. Norwegian public investigation reports show that the ...