The Wildrake diving accident was an incident in Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Wildrake became separated from its main lift wire at a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft). Although the bell was eventually recovered by Wildrake, its two occupants, 32-year-old Richard Arthur Walker and 28-year-old Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr., died of hypothermia. The accident resulted in extensive subsequent litigation and led to important safety changes in the diving industry.[[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|page needed]]]_3-0" class="reference">
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - Wildrake diving accident (en)
|
rdfs:comment
| - The Wildrake diving accident was an incident in Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Wildrake became separated from its main lift wire at a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft). Although the bell was eventually recovered by Wildrake, its two occupants, 32-year-old Richard Arthur Walker and 28-year-old Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr., died of hypothermia. The accident resulted in extensive subsequent litigation and led to important safety changes in the diving industry.[[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|page needed]]]_3-0" class="reference"> (en)
|
geo:lat
| |
geo:long
| |
foaf:depiction
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
| |
sameAs
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
thumbnail
| |
trial
| - Crown v. Infabco Diving Services, Ltd. (en)
|
outcome
| - Recovery of bodies of Walker and Guiel (en)
|
cause
| - Lift wire separated from diving bell (en)
|
date
| |
participants
| - Richard Arthur Walker, Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr. (en)
|
place
| - Thistle oil field, East Shetland Basin, North Sea, Scotland (en)
|
title
| - Wildrake diving accident (en)
|
inquiries
| |
georss:point
| - 61.363055555555555 1.5797222222222222
|
has abstract
| - The Wildrake diving accident was an incident in Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Wildrake became separated from its main lift wire at a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft). Although the bell was eventually recovered by Wildrake, its two occupants, 32-year-old Richard Arthur Walker and 28-year-old Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr., died of hypothermia. The accident resulted in extensive subsequent litigation and led to important safety changes in the diving industry.[[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|page needed]]]_3-0" class="reference"> (en)
|
litigation
| - Wrongful-death lawsuits, United States and Scotland (en)
|
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |