The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea

28 octobre 2025 | Rachel Keenan
In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for him Joe Meanen estimates it took him about six seconds to hit the North Sea, after jumping 175ft (53 metres) off the burning wreckage of the (…)
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