11 h. ago ‘A momentous day’: families of Britons killed in 1980 oil rig disaster finally win compensation

Norway will set up state payment scheme for families of 123 men killed in Kielland disaster, but some feel it comes too late“I think we all feel like we’ve had a bit of a weight lifted off our shoulders,” said Laura Fleming after an important milestone in one of Europe’s longest-running industrial disaster sagas. “It is just 45 years too late.”Fleming’s father, Michael, was one of 123 men who were killed when the Alexander L Kielland accommodation rig capsized during a fierce storm in the Norwegian North Sea oilfields on 27 March 1980. Continue reading...

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