The Most Brutal Painless Death in History | Sucked Through a Tiny Hole

A mistake that resulted in 0.16 seconds of what may have been one of the most brutal deaths in history. This is the story of the Byford Dolphin incident.

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[cabbageashthest]

Dead in under 0.2 seconds? I feel like this is more brutal for the people who witness the event and aftermath

[MichaelSmith-onig]

Ah yes, horrors beyond imagination right before bed

[betterchapter]

Imagine it ended up being the greatest pain a human ever felt but was completely unable to let anyone be aware.

[twistedyogert]

I know it was quick for the divers themselves, but I can't imagine actually seeing all that unfold.
One second, you're talking to the crew on the radio while you are trying to avoid laughing at their Donald Duck voice, half a second later the people you were talking and joking with are spread all over the deck.

[magnussivertsen]

I Once worked with a guy that was at that rig when this incident occured. He told me he heard a loud sound almost like an explotion, and like they describe here, the remains of what was a man was scattered around the deck. Worst thing he ever saw.

The offshore community in norway is not so big, so i’ve talked with a lot of guys experience things that sounds straight out of a horror movie.

[Eric-qovv]

Almost 30 years without any compensation. Ridiculous

[ShadowCatGold]

I realized this was about the Byford Dolphin incident about 60 seconds in. Great video. Their deaths were horrific, but thank God happened so quickly that those four divers wouldn't have had time to experience fear or feel pain.

[HexNottingham]

Incident begins at 8:10.
The whole video is pretty fascinating, though.

[GamingSpirit]

The fact that it took place above water rather than below makes this story even more tragic, as the death was all the more preventable. 😢

[Zuranthus]

i hope they really did feel no pain, imagine being squeezed out like toothpaste or being boiled from the inside

[mikebruce]

Narrator: “This is the story of the Byford Dolphin Incident”

Me jumping to conclusions: “I knew the dolphin were to blame for this!”

[AndreMcHenry]

Even at the time, the equipment they were using was antiquated and unsafe. Properly engineered systems are designed to be 'fail-safe' - the failure of any individual component will not proceed to catastrophic failure of the entire mechanism. The design of the trunk connection should not even allow removal of the clamps without detection of a positive lock on the inner door.

[nicholasharvey]

Edwin Coward was no coward if he signed up for a job working a thousand feet underwater, exposed to 9 atmospheres of pressure.

[leonb]

Its bad enough this happened, but worse was the delay in compensation to the families of the dead divers and technician.

[rudebodega]

If your last name is Coward I think you almost *have* to do something crazy for a living just to shut down the jokes

[thomashenden]

Norway, is unfortunately infamous for its bad treatment of the North sea divers and oil platform workers, and many divers who were sustaining long term health issues because of their work under extreme conditions, never got compensated or the proper help from the health services.

[CAP]

In case you weren’t already an “expert” on explosive decompression after the Titan submersible incident.
The only mercy is it was so fast they had no idea.

[Bullwinkle-hb]

Im a retired military test pilot. I'm into technical stuff, and I've heard about this incident and it scares the absolute bejesus out of me!, I can't even begin to express the respect that I have for these divers, incredible. My utmost regards to their families, and not to be morbid, but a lot of divers are alive today because of this mishap, again my utmost respect to the families.

[arrechera-lover]

Nothing like listening to the horrors of underwater pressure while eating lunch

[Xurreal-wche]

You might say that this was Depressing.