WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The fatal incident took place on a semi-submersible oil drilling rig where a team of six had been deployed to undertake a deep-sea diving mission — five of the six perished.

Five crew members died instantly in a catastrophic decompression accident aboard the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea in 1983, in one of the most gruesome industrial disasters ...

Suffering critical injuries, Saunders was the only survivor of the dreadful accident, enduring collapsed lungs and spinal fractures along with a broken neck. The tragic event was also blamed on ...

Five men died in one of history's most gruesome diving accidents when a split-second mechanical failure on the Byford Dolphin rig caused explosive decompression 1,000 feet underwater in 1983 ...

In a chilling account, a disastrous mistake that occurred beneath the ocean's surface led to what has been labeled as some of the 'most gruesome deaths' in history, claiming the lives of five out of ...

In 1983, the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea saw a catastrophic decompression chamber failure that killed five men instantly - with one survivor left with life-changing injuries ...

Five men died instantly when a catastrophic decompression accident occurred on the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea, with nitrogen in their blood turning to bubbles ...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A tragic incident involving six men and a fatal miscalculation underwater resulted in what have been described as some of the 'most gruesome deaths' in history ...