Season 1, Episode 10

Explosion in the North Sea

Air Date: 2005-11-27

Overview: July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire with a loss of 167 workers. Why did the Piper Alpha explode without warning? Was Human Error to blame? What about Mechanical Failure? Or even sabotage?

Runtime: 45 minutes