Severed lifeline leaves divers trapped at 500 feet | The Wildrake Diving Accident
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2024
- Saturation diving is an extremely dangerous occupation. When multiple design and safety failures occur all at once, the consequences are devastating. The Wildrake diving bell was stranded on the sea floor, with time running out. 2 divers were locked inside with limited resources for survival, resulting in a tragic disaster.
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Thank you!!
People keep saying this was incompetence, no, it's criminally negligence.
I was thinking the same thing reading this. The owner knew what he SHOULD do, but likely wanted to save time and money.
@@JMJSWOOPTHECOOP Kinda like the Paria disaster, where the divers were just left in the flooded pipe
It is greed
It really is!!! Someone should have had consequences for all this. 😔
Agreed. Seems to me those things should have at least 2 lines. A main one, and and extra safety line. having only one seems quite unsafe and dangerous.
You have to ask yourself...at what point do you just dropkick your boss overboard to save some lives
When you're in open sea
The second the lifeline got stuck and the boss told them to escentially wiggle it
@@marcopohl4875
If nothing else....you'd think they would have collectively jumped on him after it was all done and he was like "welp....the last crew died but we still have a job to do. Who's ready to go down immediately under basically the same conditions and make me some money?"
@@mistermonologue2442 After that point, the only justification for not feeding him to the sharks is that sharks have standarts.
Tragic thing would be that you get a more severe punishment.
Watch enough of these and you learn real fast
A. Never work for a commercial diving company
B. Never dive
C. Stay tf out of caves!
Facts. I am grateful for this channel because I have family and friends who do this type of work in the oil and gas industry and I never truly understood the ins and outs. Absolutely terrifying!
Add to that: never fly in those little planes
Which little planes @@abirdkilledmeh
Well, diving is fine when its not commercial and not in caves and when you have an instructer or buddy with you 😅
Most of the events in this channel happened decades ago. Nowadays, you hardly find these types of accidents.
Just incompetence on top of incompetence on top of incompetence. How infuriating.
Probably pride too. Trying to pull it up by the umbilical even though they had a better plan to get help (which they did anyway) probably cause he wanted to do it by himself without needing to request help. Then insisting his ship be the one to pull it up despite being out of position and in a bad spot, almost like he wanted to be the one to save them and get the credit for this "heroic rescue"
@@jneumy566 nah, not take credit.. there was nothing heroic about this, as these men shouldn’t have had to work under these conditions in the first place. If he got a third party involved, the aforementioned unsafe equipment and conditions these men were working under would have been exposed. He was hoping he could rectify the problem while also hiding his incompetence; and it ultimately cost these men their lives. Greed is a hell of a thing; this is why you do not cheap out on equipment repairs, or in this case fail to repair them at all.
@@jneumy566Also money
Nope. It is greed. Brian fkingson is a business man. He only wants to ger the job complete and get the money. He doesn't care bout the ppl.
Sounds like the hospital I work at
“Masterson wasn’t a diver, he was a businessman” that explains the plethora of bad decisions here. Poor guys, what a horrible way to go.
Seems to be the way everything is run globally. Let's have those that know nothing about a particular field, be the ones in charge of it.
An experienced and knowledgeable person in charge of that field, preposterous.........we're all fucked.
@@BradyT918 CAPITALISM.
Money comes first !
@TickIeMonster In litterally what way is this the fault of capitalism? I wish you smooth-brained morons didn't try to denigrate the things that make your life so easy. I wish you could experience any other economic system to see how lucky you are. I hare my generation
@TickIeMonster not capitalism you dolt
Owner of that company should be behind bars for his actions.
Wiki:
In October 1986, the remaining defendants settled, agreeing to pay £293,000 ($422,066.50) to the Walkers and a much smaller amount (possibly around $8000) to the Guiels. No admission of wrongdoing was ever made by the defendants.
@shikeridoo makes me hate humanity even more 😂
It wasn't just him that was at fault though. There were the other crew members on the Wildrake, the crew and officers on the 2nd ship, the DoE guys that didn't bother doing proper inspections or enforcing punishments for the inspection failures they did find, multiple governments that failed to hold people accountable, etc.
What a bunch of BS. They should be in prison.
When the system fails, the people should pick up the slack
Half of these "accidents" are really just corporations proving over and over again that they don't and never will care about the lives of their employees, and any monetary fine they get for their literal deaths is pennies when they have billions upon billions to spare. Absolutely infuriating.
They will never care, until we as workers make them care. They have children, with addresses, and private schools, same as their spouses and even they themselves
@@whiteyfisk9769 That’s a very shitty and hypocritical eye for an eye attitude if that is what you’re implying.
A ship full of refugees sank and there was minimal funding for rescue. 5 billionaires imploded in the ocean, and the government spends billions of tax dollars to fund a rescue. I personally feel 0 sympathy for those dogs. They won't fund rescue for "dirty peasants" like us but will use our dollar to rescue their families. @@DoIgopyat
@@whiteyfisk9769 you aren't willing to pay the premium on absolutely everything required for them to care.
Thats why fines for malfeasance like this need to be so severe that it makes the companies prioritize safety. 10 thousand dollar fines are nothing to multi million companies. 10 million would make them want to avoid the risk.
I dove these bells for 2 years. This entire story wreaks of not only criminal negligence but also complete incompetence. Their disregard for human lives is heartbreaking!
Did you ever face a potentially dangerous situation, or were the the regulatory protocols so well done where everything always went smoothly?
I know the pay is premium for the risks that you guys take, I've always been very curious of what kind of mindset that you and other saturation divers have to have to do this work without being in constant terror, I'm a combat veteran and yet I cannot wrap my mind around you gentlemen seem superhuman.
@@Karadjordje2You're the guy who bugs the hell out of a veteran for war stories... ain't you? 😂😂
@robertlee4809 I'm afraid so.I use to bug my grandmother to tell mw stories from the time of the german occupation, what that generation lived trough is truely astonishing...
If I ever die unnaturally, I want you to narrate my death.
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An AI voice. It’s the same voice as like 40 other channels
@@XtraTerrestrial_519 the more videos on this channel I’ve watched the less Ai it sounds
This isn't even a person
Whaat no way
These dudes were doomed from the start. It’s almost unfathomable how a professional operation could have this many detrimental mistakes.
Not if money is involved. We aren't talking a few hundred dollars or a few million.What did the contract look like?
When people rush to make some money, this is what can happen smh sad and unfortunate… I pray their families were at least comfortably compensated
tahts what happens with private enterprise puts profit above all else, happens all the time
The fact that nobody stopped him from making these fatal decisions is even more frightening
Was there a single decision made that was NOT completely incompetent???
I can't believe they even found the water with the ship ffs... this is INSANE 🤯
the more you watch it, the worse it gets...
It's infuriating.
It gets so so so much worse. The tragedies workers have went through, all so the rich can become richer with no risk to their own hide, is absolutely appalling.
The paint job on the bell looked pretty good. Other than that I'm drawing a blank.
The survival suits being foil blankets was where I started losing it.
It’s truly amazing that nobody refused the commands that the boss was giving, for all the blame people place on the owner of the ship the lack of willingness of the crew to do what was necessary to prevent this outcome should also be noted.
I agree wholeheartedly. That sheep behavior is what bothers me a lot.
I bet there were a few brave people who rightfully called out the bullshit decisions being made, but the other people meekly kept their head down and did as they were told, worrying about their "jobs" instead of actual human lives in peril.
I was just thinking the same thing. People nowadays are too worried about their own pocketbooks then they are about another’s life and that is a sad state of the human race to be in. It doesn’t just happen in diving payment time again you see police officers doing rogue things while other officers stand around and say nothing to stop them. It’s utterly ridiculous when people put their dollar signs in front of another’s life! Right is right and wrong is wrong and anytime you’re going to put green or your fear of losing a job in front of another person’s well-being. You’re in the wrong, and there will be a special place in hell for you.
You're blaming em? WTF 😒
@@missdaydreamssdid they have a choice in it?
This is insane! No words to describe my anger towards this Brian M. and his company! Should've been put in jail for the rest of his life! And others who were silent are disgusting people.
He probably got a bonus that year
This story highlights the importance of the fact that at some point you need to say "no sir" and disobey orders.
Such a disheartening and preventable situation. Thanks and great job putting this together. Riveting to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it
Shut up
@@fatal_breakdown Are you using an ai voice?
@@zionistinspectionday6566yes
@@zionistinspectionday6566 Hard to tell nowadays… anything could be AI… Images, text, voice, anything really.
This has to be one of the worst cases of negligence by authorities I have ever heard of. Brian Masterson should have been sent to prison for life. He had no idea what he was doing and should have admitted it. He should have let someone who knew the territory of rescue operations conduct the rescue.
He knew he was wrong he was more worried about cost to the company.
He should get life in prison or even the DP.
That guy must have the IQ of a brick
The other shit knowing what the right thing to do but because they were in fear of not getting paid, they allowed Masterson to try to lift that bell. That Bell should’ve been lifted by them and they knew it! And what could’ve been said to them have they successfully got those men up alive? they as a corporation could’ve been sued Masterson for their troubles but at least they would’ve done the right thing and those two men would’ve survived! And there’s no price to be put on their lives being saved
So pretty much everyone, including this salvation vessel, allowed the businessman to direct the rescue efforts even when there were two lives at stake? Unbelievable.
How can ethically remove seemingly EVERY safety device just to do a job faster. Incredible
Easy, he wasnt the one doing it neither was the sabotage team... i mean repair team
@@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Everything is a conspiracy with some people.
The men that work for this company are to blame to. Nobody made a anonymous call to osha or authorities reporting the negligence and removal of all safety precautions. As evil as the company is the employees are just as bad. They put their paychecks over human life. When I worked for a drilling company we had all these numbers we could call to report unsafe or illegal operations. It was all in our training and they emphasized over and over that our lives were in our hands. We sat through so many videos of owner negligence and how to report it. I was union so we worked for many different companies and profit over safety was a real concern. When I got certified to repel over dams we had the same training and had numbers to report unsafe work conditions.
Whoever dude was calling the shot he needs to be in prison
One of the most frustrating stories I’ve ever heard.
Just incredible how much negligence and incompetence can compound on everything to make the story seem like a worst case scenario come to life
Gosh, this CEO is almost worse than Stockton Rush
Almost, because Stockton was worse
@@falconeshield yeah, he ignored so many safety warnings from so many people and put quite a few people in danger over the course of the dives. There were even malfuctions that happened on previous dives while people were down there and he still just kept waving it away.
Exactly what I was thinking
Wow, YES!!!
Well, maybe, S. Rush and Masterson are each, both, stunningly, equally useless, arrogant, & selfish FOOLS... This is awful.... their poor families 😢..
At least Rush got to suffer the consequences of his actions directly unlike these poor bastards...
Who was in charge of this? ? How many times can you say "FUCK IT" with people's lives? ? The person in charge should be in jail
There was no one on that ship with the guts to tell Masterson 'NO".
This and the Paria disaster shows how fucked up our world is, when people can get away with fatal accidents like this.
The Paria executives left those men to die when they could have saved them. They even blocked the exit, sealing the pipeline, after Chris escaped and begged them to save the other four. Paria then refused to allow rescue crews in, even barring the Coast Guard from coming in, to try to free them. I can't even adequately describe how disgusting that is. Even worse was that they weren't charged and the case just disappeared. Absolutely evil.
@@mish375 Had Paria actually put the riser cap back, there would have been criminal charges. The Coast Guard did a rescue assessment and deemed the life risk vs successful rescue chance was intolerable (less than 1% chance to get them back alive with a substantial chance on more than the 4 dying).
@@mimcduffee86what do you mean? They literally did cap it back off
@@mimcduffee86paria is state owned so they investigated themselves and found nothing wrong even when they murdered people from putting the cap back on. Maybe if you thought for a bit why would a company have power over the coast guard? Another funny thing Paria actually asked the coast guard to restrict the area and stop people from saving other divers since it was getting "unruly" and "uncontrollable"
To anyone reading.... You ALWAYS can object ANYWHERE ANYTIME and if you feel you need to, you NEED to!! For anything or everything. Never let lesser minds overrule Your gut feeling
Exactly why it's rich and Gus fault they ignored safety
@@peterguirguess853lmfao, youre a real Einstein. Nice bait
That's right fellas if the situation is unsafe you have a right to refuse if they don't listen and it's truly a unsafe work environment bring it to the site supervisor
gut feeling is no way to make life choices.
@@Stan_in_Shelton_WA The context here is Life ENDING choices.
I do not care if you roll red or black on roulette and win. Nor what home you buy or job you take.
This was complete stupidity at it's best, they should have re-positioned that ship instead of dragging that bell at an angle. The businessman Brian Masterson should be in prison!
Listening to a morn! I wonder if he ever went down to actually see how dangerous it is
But hes not, instead he walked out of court a free man. A slap on the wrist. Just ask biden and his son on what's it like!
@@rajgarvey5912it should be compulsory for the ceo to go down there and see what its like
I've read that the court files of this case went "missing" too. The way these business types value money more than human souls is sickening.
Well... this event could be summarized as: "and then it got worse."
In all seriousness, the fact that this company and owner saw no real consequences for their criminal negligence is enough to give me a rage-induced aneurysm. The sheer incompetence and egotism nearly made me sick.
Rage-induced aneurysm?! That sounds epic. Aneurysm if what, exactly??
This isn’t incompetence its gross negligence
always scary to think how when your down that deep ur whole life depends on oxygen and lifelines
When my down? What's my down?
Life already depends on oxygen
? 🤔
@@adazeobazee4145But on the surface there is more then enough oxygen. Under water there is not. 🙂
or your down, lol, clearly not a speaker of English. good call@@Batmann_
Again it's ego and money that is costing innocent lives. How is it possible that not a single person speaks up/does something to stop the amateur from making bad decisions? These men could've been saved!✌🏾🦖
Thats just plain un-American
Look, I get that people have families to feed, but is allowing total incompetence to kill two men really a lower cost than finding another job if they're all fired? I just don't get it. Some of those men knew the guys that were in the chamber, possibly even friends.
People are Stupid and Gutless, perfect lapdogs for their incompetent Bosses.
This is why I would never work a job for somebody else that put my life in danger. Some people just don't value your life as much as you do.
Safety of workers should always be the number one priority with these dangerous jobs...
This is one of the most insane stories I’ve heard in quite awhile. I found myself just getting more and more exasperated at how this critical equipment had seemingly been put together with rubber bands and chewing gum. Poor divers 🪦. A-hole owner and manager. Great video though, you always have respect for the victims of these tragedies and do their memories an honor by telling the full, true story. Thank you.
Came across this channel randomly at 1am cuz I can’t sleep. HOLY CRAP I DID NOT NEED THIS. Those poor guys
This is absolutely infuriating. It brought to MAD TEARS. That hasn't happened since I was 6. How could one person be so vein and irresponsible with other people's lives. Oh my God I am so mad right now. Infuriating
Only 12 minutes in and I can assure you the reason they went for the more risky option of lifting by the umbilicle was most definitely because the owner of the company didn't want to get in trouble when the coast guard or whoever else would be called in to assist, he was cutting corners and didn't want to get caught or have to report in about all the things that have gone wrong and that they ignored.
Homie, I can see this. I bet you 99% this is what happened. Im a construction worker in Toronto, corners are cut on jobs all the time to save money.
Masterson should of been tossed in prison for murder.
This is insane, corporate ego outsmarts being sensible once again.
none of the qualified people tried to take charge and allowed that POS masterson to kill those two men
The decision to pull the bell up at that 45 degree angle was completely ridiculous and made out of ego. Makes me sick!
I'm not a diver and even my first thought was don't pull the only thing making sure those guys don't die
For clarification, the gas mixture saturation divers use strips the heat from their bodies with every breath. Hypothermia happens much faster under these conditions than on land, especially when wet.
yes, however in a diving bell the effect is not the same as that of out of the bell or that of regular scuba diving. The mix has a large effect on it also however the primary and most profound effects are the temperature of the air and the pressure/density.
This story is absolutely insane. You know the owners ego didn't want to ask another ship for help. I'll never understand why they decided to lift the bell at such an extreme angle in those rough seas is beyond any rational thought i can even begin to comprehend. The fact they could of asked for help sooner and just how unsafe the situation was from the start.. I'm at a loss for words.
I 've never heard of such a litany of cock-ups, negligence and downright criminal stupidity. It would've been almost unbelievable in some low-risk working environment, but in a right-on-the-edge-of-peril predicament like deep-sea commercial diving, where conditions are comparable to those of astronauts, it's utterly incomprehensible...
Thank you for telling their story
Not just Incompetence, Greed and Incompetence, Someone should have been Jailed for this.
Im surprised they didnt forget to put fuel in the ship before they left the dock.
This was SO well explained and illustrated - thank you so much for taking the time to tell this story.
Dragging the bell sideways was insane. That was their absolute last chance to recover them alive and they dragged it into the other structure. Any idiot could see that would happen. What a shitshow.
employee: let’s call for help
boss: no no, let’s just pull them up by the terribly manufactured cords that are supplying the divers with precious air and warmth
15:48 imagine the absolute fear from the people inside the bell
Everyone: "We have a safe way to save them!"
Brian: "No"
Great video. I got so angry i threw my bottle across my room.
I don't understand why he would think dragging them across the sea floor was a good idea instead of hooking them to the other lift and pull them straight up, I'm really confused with that choice. Brian Masterson should be locked up
cannot even begin to imagine what they went through. Hope they are resting easy
Pfffft, I highly doubt those two men way under the Mighty Sea would count it "resting easy..."
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Every time there seems to be hope, you say "Another devastating accident happened.' What else can go wrong?!
This is terrifying. I cant imagine the terror those guys felt.
The level of incompetence allowed to operate- criminal
The amount of incompetent decision making here is actually impressive.
i love how you are getting the recognition you deserve. congrats on 100k!
Thank you so much!!
@@fatal_breakdown you are so welcome!!
So. Many. Mistakes. So much incompetence. This gave me major anxiety. How horrible.
Same 😢😢😢
That's why do not put in your 2 weeks notice, because these private, mega-CORPORATIONS certainly will not care about you, and just replace at the snap of a finger.
Nah this company and its executives need to go to jail there was more 10 critical failings
So the only "punishment" he got was a slap on the wrist. Classic
The company probably paid them off. Laws don't apply to the rich execs.
And I cannot think of a more terrifying work environment.
Heartbreaking story. RIP
Take a shot every time a design flaw comes up, you won't live
Just want to say I really appreciate your channel and how you approach these often tragic subject matters. Your format is really engaging and I've really learned a lot (and a lot of what I should avoid doing).
Couldn't agree more
Honey wake up, there’s a new FatalBreakdown video! 🙏🏽
Masterson should have got life in jail with no chance of parole
Breathtaking incompetence by both builder and leadership!
Masterson's ego . Unbelievable.
The precise accident details , your voice cadence and inflections coupled with the masterful cgi work , had me completely riveted to my iPad screen as if I had been in that ship’s control room watching this horror unfold. I was occasionally gasping and cringing with hope to the end. A most excellent vid.
Its an AI voice.
Saturation diving should just be illegal at this point. Thanks frank. Your still a hero bro. Skrew the north sea
yes, anything risky should be banned, go live in a mud hut, oh wait that is also risky, just stop living as it is the only safe option.
The way you delivered this complex topic and complex video to us is truly appreciative .
Good Job .
Nice content as always . 🔱
Thank you
If the boss had of just swallowed his pride and asked for help from the other boat those men might have had a chance.
Had nothing to do with pride. U believe everything u hear on utube.
@@peterguirguess853 What would you call it?
@@peterguirguess853youre right, it had eveything to do with money and a complete disregard for the men actually doing the work
@@whiteyfisk9769 exactly
I'm more upset at the fools who knew better but said nothing
You and magify are my two favorite shorts channels. It's not even close. I'm glad to see youre back (:
The boss clearly understood the Law of Salvage and was prepared to risk the lives of the men to avoid paying millions.
I know a thing or two about saturation diving but this had me stressed out 7 minutes in. What a horrible experience for those men ❤
There's a lot of these tragedy breakdown channels out here on CZcams. This strikes me as one of the better ones..
The feeling of that man trying to save the two is traumatizing 😢
Awesome work. I left a comment a few months back saying your channel is going to blow up - I stand by that if you’re going to keep producing good quality content like this
I appreciate that!
Nah fr this pisses me off. I would go against the bosses orders
"How many fatal mistakes are possible?"
"72 mistakes, sir."
"How may mistakes did we make?"
"72 mistakes, sir."
This level of incompetence is infuriating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t see how the families of the divers didn’t go find the CEO of this company and teach him a lesson!!!!! What a horrible person
This is murder
Translated to Capitalist, "safety" means "cost" and "cost" is a dirty word. This wasn't incompetence, it was callous negligence. The real life pos leading the rescue wasn't thinking about the lives of the men in the bell, only about how much the incident was going to cost the company.
yea cause communists like soviet Russia were/are so big on human safety and lenient on costs huh?
Dear Communist, it is thanks to capitalism that you are able to comment here, on the internet.
@@johanea Defending capitalism is even more pathetic than defending communism lmao. Both suck in practice, but at least communism is *supposed* to be for the people.
@@ExoTheFlyingFish Name one country in which communism was or is successful.
Growing up under communism, a back then satellite state to Soviet, I am quite sure I know 100% more about the “greatness” of communism.
@ExoTheFlyingFish Ok then go to a communist country. It doesn't work.
If capitalism sucks why does everyone and their mother want to come to America.
Also, it doesn't matter how much money the next man has, doesn't effect you at all.
If i have 3000 checker boards, does that stop you from getting any?
There is an infinite amount of money to be made. Now if there only 10 trillion dollars on earth and 1 man had 1 trillion, yea that would be a problem. Commie
So happy to have a new Fatal Breakdown Video!
What an absolute damn nightmare. Those brave men should have lived long, productive lives. I salute them.
its heartbreaking. i cant begin to imagine how scary that must of been. hour after hour felt like YEARS. and then to think most werent held responsible is even more sad reality to it.
FatalBreakdown, I love how you explain the why. You go into detail on why these disasters occurred, and you make it clear on what the issues were. Great job! I look forward to watching your videos.
I don't know if I feel safer or not knowing that these things could have been prevented
The fact that the company pretty much got away with everything is so crazy to me.
This is why the money people should never be telling the science/math people how to do their jobs.
By far the best channel that covers tragic and scary situations. I like how you don't just rely on AI voices (which sound awful) and you use proper animations too. All of the other channels take the easy and lazy route. Never change!
This is AI voice. “Documenting evil” has the same one
@gtagh ah, well this is definitely one of the more naturally sounding AI voices! Nevertheless, the composition and effort made me unsubscribe to the other channels. This is my favourite and I learn a lot
Absolutely fantastic video.
You make high quality videos!
I enjoy how you include a lot of relevant details about a scenario before leading into what went wrong. It's really fascinating to learn about a topic that i had no previous experience with and then be able to fully understand how this fatal event went totally wrong and could have been prevented. Thank you for the work you do putting together your videos.
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Holy sh!t that was so tense omg 😮 I can't imagine the horror they went through waiting for rescue!
This reminds me of those underwater welders who got sucked into the pipe they were working on and were not rescued for some reason!!!
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Do you have a link to that story?
@@AndrewWhiteKhanty now it was in south america i think if it helps you find it on google i saw the same video it was 3 or 4 divers got sucked into a tube when some pressure system failes they essential just let them die but they had some audio of them singing and talking to eachother praying before they ran out of air and it all went to c02
This is pure evil guys! Brian Masterson was allowed to see other bids for this job so he could underbid everyone else! So these are crooks from the very beginning! How noone ended up in prison is beyond me!!!