13 DEATHS By Explosive Decompression On the 'Deep Sea Driller', NORTH SEA

Byford Dolphin oil exploration rig in
dry dock at Invergordon (Scotland)
on 2008
Photo credit: wikipedia

The deaths of these poor souls were so horrific and uneccessary...

"It was like someone shaking a bottle of pop and opening the top...  Talking to people who saw it is virtually impossible because they have been so traumatised by it and can’t speak about it." 

- Clare Lucas, daughter of Roy Lucas

The Byford Dolphin Deep Sea Driller is a semi-submersible, column-stabilized drilling rig which has suffered some serious accidents, most notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed five workers and badly injured one.

39 Suicidal DEATH of a Zoo-keeper - Nordin Montong, SINGAPORE

Preparing for a fun and relaxing day at the zoo, a guy, Nizam, and his group of friends started filming what would eventually turn out to be, a horrible death of a zoo keeper as can be seen on our page: Real Deaths Captured on Film.

Bengal White Tiger
Pic by Dale Harvey

Zoo visitors screamed in horror as a man was mauled to death by three rare white tigers. How it came to be that way was even more perplexing.
Nizam Zainal and his six friends had seen a man in the enclosure with three white tigers thinking it was all part of an animal act.  After all, who in their right mind would jump into an enclosure with three wild tigers, armed with nothing but a pail and a broomstick?
So Nizam continued filming at the White Tiger exhibit with his video camera.

His group of friends were all prepared for a relaxing day at the zoo, despite the cold, drizzly weather.
All of them had just completed their O-level examinations and had been looking forward to this break.
It was a slow day at the zoo. Small pockets of tourists were strolling around. It was a weekday. And the weather was dreary.

SUDDENLY, HE HEARD A LOUD SPLASH.

The 16-year-old swung his video camera around and was surprised to see Mr Nordin Montong, 32, wading in the water.  
'I turned and saw a man in the water, walking slowly with both his arms outstretched, with a pail and a broom in each hand.
'The man looked very calm and was shouting at the tigers, trying to attract their attention.'
It must be a zoo-keeper who was familiar with the tiger exhibit, he thought, still calm.
Tiger approaches
One of the tigers, clearly excited by the splash, sprinted towards the water to investigate the disturbance.
Mr Nordin coolly emerged from the water and walked up a stone ledge, coming face-to-face with the still calm but curious and waiting tiger.
Nizam thought for a moment that the tiger was familiar with Mr Nordin and had gone to welcome him.
PERHAPS THE TIGER WAS BEGGING FOR A SNACK, thought Nizam.
But the tiger suddenly swiped at Mr Nordin, to the horror of the 20 strong gawking, frightened crowd at the enclosure.

The blows brought Mr Nordin to his knees.
The huge cat then sank its teeth into the back of Mr Nordin's neck and tossed him around repeatedly like a ragdoll.
Then the second tiger crawled up the ledge.
Both tigers started to sniff at and circle Mr Nordin.
Nizam's friend, Fadzil Ramlee, also 16, shouted repeatedly to Mr Nordin: 'Dude, get into the water!'

Nordin Montong

Fadzil told The New Paper later. 'When he was being attacked, some people started screaming and shouting at him to get into the water.
'We also shouted at the tigers to distract them. One tourist threw his umbrella at the tigers but missed.'
His hands trembling, Fadzil continued shooting with his video camera, somewhat mesmerised by the vicious attack unfolding before his eyes.
Mr Nordin was then curled up on the stone ledge. He used the pail to cover his head.
The two tigers stood over him. Then they circled him, sniffed him - and began swiping at him repeatedly with their huge paws.
The tigers seemed distracted by the crowd's shouts and whistles, but they never left Mr Nordin's side.
This lasted a good two minutes.
The crowd swelled to more than 30 people, including some of the zoo's staff. One zookeeper tried to distract the tigers by using a long stick to hit the water.
Nizam said he didn't see any zoo staff armed with rifles.
Just when the crowd thought the tigers were distracted enough for Mr Nordin to be safe, one tiger suddenly grabbed him by the back of his neck and dragged him further into the enclosure.
The crowd screamed even louder at the two tigers, both in shock and horror, and in a desperate bid to distract the tigers.
The two tigers looked away, momentarily distracted by the crowd. Mr Nordin stood up but was quickly brought down again by the tigers.
One tiger started to bite Mr Nordin on his back repeatedly. The crowd cringed in horror.
Blood could be seen streaming from the wounds on his back. The tiger's mouth was also bloody. Mr Nordin was struggling and thrashing his legs about.
Then he became still.
That was Nizam's last glimpse of Mr Nordin.
Just before the four-minute clip ended, a third tiger emerge from the bushes.
Nizam and his friends were by then literally trembling. Nizam could no longer hold the camera steady.
They were ushered quickly out of the enclosure by the zoo-keepers, who then cordoned off the area.
The group remained quiet after that, traumatised by what they saw and captured on video.
Said Nizam: 'I didn't expect to shoot something so terrifying. It was so unreal.'
He said that his hand was shaking while he was shooting the entire scene, but for some reason, he couldn't put down the camera.
He said: 'It was emotional but I just couldn't put down the camera.'

Police leave the white tiger enclosure at
 Singapore Zoo after collecting evidence

The $1,100 video camera belongs to his father.
He said that he saw one girl crying, and holding on to her boyfriend while being led out of the enclosure.
The group continued their tour of the zoo, and returned to the enclosure about three hours later.
It was then that they learnt that the man had died from his injuries.
Said Fadzil: 'All of us thought that maybe the man was rescued and had only slight injuries.
'It's a terrible way to die.'

A pathologist noted that Mr Nordin had 90 external injuries from top to toe, in addition to fractures of the skull, neck and ribs.

It was ruled a suicide by State Coroner Victor Yeo in 2009.

The coroner said then: "It seems clear from the evidence adduced that the deceased had not accidentally fallen into the tiger enclosure, but had deliberately jumped into the moat, waded through the water...before thrusting his chest towards the advancing tiger with both arms outstretched."

As his death was ruled a suicide, no workmen's compensation was paid to Mr Nordin's family.

The zoo's assistant director Biswajit Guha had said that the white tigers had never before made physical contact with a human being since they were brought to Singapore in 2001.

The zoo has introduced more safety enhancements following the tragedy.

Patrols by keepers and staff members have been stepped up and signs highlighting an emergency call number have been put up at four of the more dangerous exhibits - the white tiger, lion, polar bear and chimpanzee enclosures.

The white tiger exhibit has been equipped with emergency buttons for staff or visitors to raise an alarm.

The authorities have also approved sound and flash grenades and slingshots to be used by keepers.




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