One Broken Window Sank the "Unsinkable" Oil Rig

On the night of February 14, 1982, a wave broke a single window in the ballast control room of the Ocean Ranger, a giant drilling rig working on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. The men aboard had hours to save her. By morning the rig was gone, and all 84 men were lost. In this documentary we follow the chain of small failures that turned one broken window into one of the worst offshore disasters in history, from the water on the control panel to the lifeboat that reached a rescue ship, and what the Royal Commission found afterward. Chapters: 00:00 One broken window 00:55 The rig and the 84 men 03:09 The storm and the window 06:26 What happened in that room 09:20 Abandon the rig 13:06 Not one survived 14:37 What the Royal Commission found 18:22 The 84 Sources: Royal Commission on the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster, Report One (1984) and Report Two (1985); NTSB Marine Accident Report, Ocean Ranger (1983); U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation. #truestory #disasterdocumentary #offshoredisaster