Byford Dolphin Accident Autopsy Report: The Byford Dolphin Accident is one of the most horrible accidents in history which occurred in 1983, where 4 divers, who were inside the decompression chamber died in a fraction of a second. Here’s the full detail about the incident.
Autopsy Byford Dolphin Incident
On November 5 1983 at 4:00 am, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, there were four divers while drilling in the Frigg gas field in a decompression chamber system attached by a trunk (a short passage) to the diving bell on the rig were being assisted by two dive tenders.
At the time of the accident happened, one diverse whose name was Helvic was about to close the door between the chamber system and the trunk. He was immediately shot out through the door and mutilated at that time and the rest of the three divers died on the spot.
Helvic failed to close the access log between the bell and the chamber then two dive tenders thought it was closed and they unhooked the hood which caused a severe accident. The three divers died due to the expansion of the nitrogen and the blood boiled instantly in their body. It all happened in just a second.
Byford Dolphin Accident Autopsy Report of Bodies
The Committee concluded of the incident that the accident happened because of human omission, who opened the clamp. and it is also the failure of engineering. The whole entire accident shocked the world in 1983 as there are several people died and injured including four divers and two tenders.
The four dead divers were Roy P. Lucas (British, 38), Edwin Arthur Coward, (British, 35 years old) Truls Hellevik (Norwegian, 34), and Bjørn Giæver Bergersen (Norwegian, 29). They were assisted by two dive tenders, William Crammond (British, 32) and Martin Saunders.
Byford Dolphin Accident Autopsy Photos
The unseen pictures of the Byford Dolphin Incident, Including photographs of the other divers and photographs of the exterior of the chamber. A Reddit user shared the photographs of the accident, where people died and was injured due to a fatal accident.
Byford Dolphin Accident Footage
The original footage of the Byford Dolphin accident is available on the internet. Here we have also dropped the footage of the fatal accident below.
The Byford Dolphin accident is regarded as one of the most brutal accidents in recent history.