The Byford Dolphin oil drilling rig located in the North Sea is no stranger to tragedy; the most notable infamously referred to as the “Byford Dolphin Incident”, or the “Diving Bell Incident”. Early November 1983, six seasoned saturation divers experienced explosive decompression that killed five, leaving one diver barely alive.

This event led to intense speculation on all sides of the incident. How could this have happened? Was it a mechanical or human error that caused the explosive decompression? Should the disaster-prone Byford Dolphin rig continue to operate?

Join us this week on our first “Fast and Loose” episode, where Will takes us through the gory details of this infamous diving catastrophe, Graham gives us some diving insight, and we get a spider-filled glimpse into the trios’ personal ‘local universe’.