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Here at Disaster Breakdown we’ve looked at a lot of different plane accidents. Now just because most of our videos involve planes doesn’t necessarily mean that things have go wrong in the air. Planes have been known to crash whilst on the ground. Today we’re going to be looking at one such incident. The case of Dan Air Flight 0034 that occurred on July 31st, 1979. It’s a tale about negligence, botched maintenance and oil.
In 1965, reserves of Natural Gas were discovered off the Coast of East England. For a long time it was long suspected that the North Sea between Scandinavia and the British Isles held large amounts of natural resources. Five years later in 1970, British Petroleum discovered large reserves of oil out here and the North Sea was never the same again. In the following years oil companies from around the world descended upon these waters.
Oil rigs went up, drilling commended, oil and gas were extracted and transported back to one of a number of countries which benefitted from access to the North Sea. The two big, involved countries of which being Norway and the United Kingdom. Such infrastructure to do this meant transporting many people to and from the oil platforms and refineries. The easiest way to do that is by air. One of the main gateways to the North Sea was for the longest time, Sumburgh airport. Located at the southern tip of the Shetland Archipelago, North East of Mainland Scotland.
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