Last Breath

a little bit later in life. 328 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,160 -He was looking for direction. -[Craig] Normal reading. 329 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,120 No leaks. 330 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,480 [Morag] Diving was something that he was extremely passionate about. 331 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,720 I would never have considered asking Christopher 332 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,360 to take a different career path. 333 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,160 Never. 334 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,200 That's what he wanted to do, that's what he was passionate about. 335 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,040 If I was as passionate about a job like that as Christopher was 336 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:19,520 then I wouldn't want anyone to stop me, so I definitely wouldn't stop him. 337 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,960 [waves crashing] 338 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,560 [Craig] That night the weather was not good. 339 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,880 There was an 18-foot swell, 35 knots of wind. 340 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,280 We were on the limits of diving. 341 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,560 But it wasn't undiveable. 342 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,720 [Michal] Weather was rough. 343 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,120 But in the North Sea, nothing special. 344 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,560 [metal walls creaking] 345 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,880 It was perfectly safe. 346 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,920 If you can call this job safe, it's not... 347 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,800 Come on, it's not safe job, yeah, so... 348 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,920 I was in charge for controlling DP computer. 349 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,000 Keeping vessel in, uh, exact position, 350 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,240 so divers can be safe in the water. 351 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,080 This moment, vessel was steady. 352 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,280 And then it started. 353 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,200 [alarm blaring] 354 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,400 I saw alarm, which I never seen before. 355 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,040 Immediately, after this alarm, 356 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,080 more faults coming one by one. 357 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,600 We have really big, uh, big problem, because we are losing control of the... 358 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,560 Of the vessel. 359 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,000 We are losing position. 360 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,400 [Craig] The bridge gave me an amber light. 361 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,640 Its suddenness and the immediacy of his voice told me 362 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,080 that, uh, this wasn't a normal amber light. 363 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,840 Leave everything there, leave everything there, Chris. 364 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,600 So, I wanted my divers back on the bell as quickly as possible. 365 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:43,840 [Craig] Get out of the structure, boys. 366 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,000 [in squeaky voice] 367 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,560 [Craig] Yeah. He's here at the bell, Duncan, 368 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,000 come up on diver one, diver two, back when you can. 369 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,160 Stand by to come up on diver one and diver two. 370 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,480 Roger that. No problem. 371 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,080 In a series of seconds, we had a red light. 372 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:13,600 I've never had a red light. 373 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:19,520 The bridge had lost control of the vessel and its navigational systems, 374 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,560 so it will drift with the weather. 375 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,080 And as soon as we got to that stage it was a sailboat. 376 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,480 [indistinct radio chatter] 377 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,040 I was surprised at how quickly the ship moved. 378 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,840 It rapidly picked up speed. 379 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,360 'Cause we had no control over the ship, 380 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,520 we had no control of what was happening on the bottom. 381 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,480 [Michal] Divers were still connected to the, um, bell 382 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,960 and bell connected to the vessel. 383 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,160 So, basically, we can track diver. 384 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,480 It's... It's the worst scenario 385 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,480 which, uh, DP on diving support vessel can... Can expect. 386 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,400 [Craig] Go back underneath the bell. 387 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,560 [Dave] When we came out of the structure, 388 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,200 I was expecting the bell to be basically in front of me over here. 389 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,840 [Dave exclaims indistinctly] 390 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,480 I could tell from the root of my umbilical 391 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,320 that in fact, it was now behind me 392 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,200 and the manifold itself is in between me and the bell. 393 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,040 [in squeaky voice] 394 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,280 [Craig] T