BBCThe families of the killing in the oil platform disaster welcomed 45 years ago with a new report that supports their allegations that they prohibit justice.
The Alexander Kielland platform was used as a residence bloc when it turned in the Norwegian North Sea during a storm in 1980, killing 123 people, including 22 of the United Kingdom.
A study by Staffinger University The authorities have taken the survivors and the families of the victimsThe Norwegian government has apologized before.
Laura Fleming, which Father Michael was among those who were killedThe report said it should help in reaching the truth of what happened.
Mr. Fleming, 37, was one of the five men from Cleator Moo, in Cumbria, who died when the floating fossa turned about 200 miles (322 km) off the Norwegian coast on March 27, 1980.
His daughter Laura, part of the Kielland network, said that “the horrific truth” of what happened has been revealed recently and still has many questions.
Petroleum Museum is unknown/Norwegianthe Study of Staffinger University The Norwegian authorities concluded the priority to protect the reputation of the profitable oil industry due to the exploration of the causes of the disaster.
They said that there are more complicated factors than getting rid of the simple leg on the four -year -old, which was blamed on French manufacturers.
Norwegian Petroleum Museum“There is no explanation for how the fossil is drowned” and “the door of strength is firmly closed to any questions.”
“The Norwegian government made a conscious decision not to do what could follow an accident naturally and reasonably,” said Ms. Fleming.
The Norwegian government previously apologized for its failures in its investigations, but in 2021 it ruled that the new investigation would not achieve anything new.
Ms. Fleming said that she is “grateful” for the new “important” study, adding that she may “help make the truth.”
