What the records say
- When
- 26 Nov 1978
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 59.55° N, 1.53° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Star Canopus diving accident.
Summary
Two British commercial divers, Michael Ward and Tony Prangley, die of hypothermia and drowning in the East Shetland Basin after their diving bell plunges to the seabed at a depth of over 100 m.
Star Canopus diving accident
Fatal offshore diving bell accident in 1978
The Star Canopus diving accident was an incident in Scotland in November 1978 that killed two British commercial divers. During a routine dive beside the Beryl Alpha platform in the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Star Canopus was lost when its main lift wire, life support umbilical, and guide wires were severed by an anchor chain of the semi-submersible Haakon Magnus.
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