Severed lifeline leaves divers trapped at 500 feet | The Wildrake Diving Accident

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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  • @akopp54
    @akopp54Ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @fatal_breakdown

    @fatal_breakdown

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @secondrule
    @secondrule4 ай бұрын

    People keep saying this was incompetence, no, it's criminally negligence.

  • @JMJSWOOPTHECOOP

    @JMJSWOOPTHECOOP

    4 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing reading this. The owner knew what he SHOULD do, but likely wanted to save time and money.

  • @andrasamberg9690

    @andrasamberg9690

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@JMJSWOOPTHECOOP Kinda like the Paria disaster, where the divers were just left in the flooded pipe

  • @l_ifeefi_l1998

    @l_ifeefi_l1998

    4 ай бұрын

    It is greed

  • @starirose

    @starirose

    3 ай бұрын

    It really is!!! Someone should have had consequences for all this. 😔

  • @Gizziiusa

    @Gizziiusa

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @mistermonologue2442
    @mistermonologue24424 ай бұрын

    You have to ask yourself...at what point do you just dropkick your boss overboard to save some lives

  • @ninab.4540

    @ninab.4540

    4 ай бұрын

    When you're in open sea

  • @marcopohl4875

    @marcopohl4875

    4 ай бұрын

    The second the lifeline got stuck and the boss told them to escentially wiggle it

  • @mistermonologue2442

    @mistermonologue2442

    4 ай бұрын

    @@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?"

  • @marcopohl4875

    @marcopohl4875

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mistermonologue2442 After that point, the only justification for not feeding him to the sharks is that sharks have standarts.

  • @Despond

    @Despond

    3 ай бұрын

    Tragic thing would be that you get a more severe punishment.

  • @aResoluteProtector
    @aResoluteProtector4 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @02loud

    @02loud

    4 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @abirdkilledmeh

    @abirdkilledmeh

    4 ай бұрын

    Add to that: never fly in those little planes

  • @ninab.4540

    @ninab.4540

    4 ай бұрын

    Which little planes ​@@abirdkilledmeh

  • @marybrown2723

    @marybrown2723

    4 ай бұрын

    Well, diving is fine when its not commercial and not in caves and when you have an instructer or buddy with you 😅

  • @eimmaar6937

    @eimmaar6937

    4 ай бұрын

    Most of the events in this channel happened decades ago. Nowadays, you hardly find these types of accidents.

  • @wiseinvestments5134
    @wiseinvestments51344 ай бұрын

    Just incompetence on top of incompetence on top of incompetence. How infuriating.

  • @jneumy566

    @jneumy566

    4 ай бұрын

    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"

  • @jordonmartin8034

    @jordonmartin8034

    4 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @dwayne3555

    @dwayne3555

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@jneumy566Also money

  • @l_ifeefi_l1998

    @l_ifeefi_l1998

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @user-ko3pd9sx5h

    @user-ko3pd9sx5h

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank God for Affirmative Action

  • @fatwallet13
    @fatwallet133 ай бұрын

    Owner of that company should be behind bars for his actions.

  • @shikeridoo

    @shikeridoo

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @NegativeProcess

    @NegativeProcess

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@shikeridoo makes me hate humanity even more 😂

  • @mimcduffee86

    @mimcduffee86

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @sammy6013

    @sammy6013

    Ай бұрын

    What a bunch of BS. They should be in prison.

  • @918Mitchell

    @918Mitchell

    Ай бұрын

    When the system fails, the people should pick up the slack

  • @SorrowNova
    @SorrowNova3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @whiteyfisk9769

    @whiteyfisk9769

    3 ай бұрын

    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

  • @DoIgopyat

    @DoIgopyat

    3 ай бұрын

    @@whiteyfisk9769 That’s a very shitty and hypocritical eye for an eye attitude if that is what you’re implying.

  • @BigFordTruck

    @BigFordTruck

    3 ай бұрын

    ​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

  • @TwinTonyz

    @TwinTonyz

    3 ай бұрын

    @@whiteyfisk9769 you aren't willing to pay the premium on absolutely everything required for them to care.

  • @stevepalpatine2828

    @stevepalpatine2828

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @marvinborja5465
    @marvinborja54653 ай бұрын

    “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.

  • @BradyT918

    @BradyT918

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @realBarronTrump

    @realBarronTrump

    2 ай бұрын

    @@BradyT918 CAPITALISM.

  • @paradoxstudios6639

    @paradoxstudios6639

    2 ай бұрын

    Money comes first !

  • @danielmorris7648

    @danielmorris7648

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@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

  • @danielmorris7648

    @danielmorris7648

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@TickIeMonster not capitalism you dolt

  • @ceejaymoody4772
    @ceejaymoody47724 ай бұрын

    If I ever die unnaturally, I want you to narrate my death.

  • @Teqnyq

    @Teqnyq

    3 ай бұрын

    Subscribed and turned on all notifications.

  • @YerDaddY.

    @YerDaddY.

    3 ай бұрын

    An AI voice. It’s the same voice as like 40 other channels

  • @MKLifts

    @MKLifts

    2 ай бұрын

    @@YerDaddY. the more videos on this channel I’ve watched the less Ai it sounds

  • @Aashishkebab

    @Aashishkebab

    2 ай бұрын

    This isn't even a person

  • @user-gp5ce4ns4j

    @user-gp5ce4ns4j

    2 ай бұрын

    Whaat no way

  • @FirstLast-xr9lo
    @FirstLast-xr9lo3 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @Karadjordje2

    @Karadjordje2

    Ай бұрын

    Did you ever face a potentially dangerous situation, or were the the regulatory protocols so well done where everything always went smoothly?

  • @AllGoodOutside

    @AllGoodOutside

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @robertlee4809

    @robertlee4809

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@Karadjordje2You're the guy who bugs the hell out of a veteran for war stories... ain't you? 😂😂

  • @Karadjordje2

    @Karadjordje2

    25 күн бұрын

    @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...

  • @naigeelassiter4115
    @naigeelassiter41153 ай бұрын

    These dudes were doomed from the start. It’s almost unfathomable how a professional operation could have this many detrimental mistakes.

  • @rickjeffjeff

    @rickjeffjeff

    3 ай бұрын

    Not if money is involved. We aren't talking a few hundred dollars or a few million.What did the contract look like?

  • @bryandungee1029

    @bryandungee1029

    2 ай бұрын

    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

  • @clown134

    @clown134

    9 күн бұрын

    tahts what happens with private enterprise puts profit above all else, happens all the time

  • @johnscustomsaws
    @johnscustomsaws4 ай бұрын

    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 🤯

  • @VanessWildTrader

    @VanessWildTrader

    4 ай бұрын

    the more you watch it, the worse it gets...

  • @davidvalensi8616

    @davidvalensi8616

    3 ай бұрын

    It's infuriating.

  • @whiteyfisk9769

    @whiteyfisk9769

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @jimmyjohnjames6397

    @jimmyjohnjames6397

    2 ай бұрын

    The paint job on the bell looked pretty good. Other than that I'm drawing a blank.

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426

    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426

    2 ай бұрын

    The survival suits being foil blankets was where I started losing it.

  • @July-dz7lm
    @July-dz7lm4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @whiteyfisk9769

    @whiteyfisk9769

    3 ай бұрын

    He probably got a bonus that year

  • @ryanwoodlock
    @ryanwoodlock3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @chrisking6695

    @chrisking6695

    15 күн бұрын

    I agree wholeheartedly. That sheep behavior is what bothers me a lot.

  • @techbro_4309

    @techbro_4309

    10 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @LauraleyB

    @LauraleyB

    10 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @missdaydreamss

    @missdaydreamss

    6 күн бұрын

    You're blaming em? WTF 😒

  • @brandonlongdikjones8117

    @brandonlongdikjones8117

    2 күн бұрын

    ​@@missdaydreamssdid they have a choice in it?

  • @armandoanderson3536
    @armandoanderson35364 ай бұрын

    Such a disheartening and preventable situation. Thanks and great job putting this together. Riveting to watch.

  • @fatal_breakdown

    @fatal_breakdown

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @user-ul2jb9hr7c

    @user-ul2jb9hr7c

    4 ай бұрын

    Shut up

  • @user-ko3pd9sx5h

    @user-ko3pd9sx5h

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree. Great and well made. Thank u

  • @zionistinspectionday6566

    @zionistinspectionday6566

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@fatal_breakdown Are you using an ai voice?

  • @LivedWater

    @LivedWater

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@zionistinspectionday6566yes

  • @stefanpuffer
    @stefanpuffer2 ай бұрын

    There was no one on that ship with the guts to tell Masterson 'NO".

  • @toweringhorse2054
    @toweringhorse20543 ай бұрын

    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

  • @AndrewWhiteKhanty
    @AndrewWhiteKhanty3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Ken-fh4jc

    @Ken-fh4jc

    3 ай бұрын

    He knew he was wrong he was more worried about cost to the company.

  • @cpeast

    @cpeast

    Ай бұрын

    He should get life in prison or even the DP.

  • @cpeast

    @cpeast

    Ай бұрын

    That guy must have the IQ of a brick

  • @LauraleyB

    @LauraleyB

    10 күн бұрын

    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

  • @jneumy566
    @jneumy5664 ай бұрын

    Gosh, this CEO is almost worse than Stockton Rush

  • @ninab.4540

    @ninab.4540

    4 ай бұрын

    Almost, because Stockton was worse

  • @jneumy566

    @jneumy566

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ninab.4540 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.

  • @bonnierobinson7104

    @bonnierobinson7104

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly what I was thinking

  • @WeTHEPreordainedPeople...

    @WeTHEPreordainedPeople...

    3 ай бұрын

    Wow, YES!!! Well, maybe, S. Rush and Masterson are each, both, stunningly, equally useless, arrogant, & selfish FOOLS... This is awful.... their poor families 😢..

  • @thora8624

    @thora8624

    2 ай бұрын

    At least Rush got to suffer the consequences of his actions directly unlike these poor bastards...

  • @Dexsasaurus
    @Dexsasaurus4 ай бұрын

    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!✌🏾🦖

  • @whiteyfisk9769

    @whiteyfisk9769

    3 ай бұрын

    Thats just plain un-American

  • @YouKnowMeDuh

    @YouKnowMeDuh

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @techbro_4309

    @techbro_4309

    10 күн бұрын

    People are Stupid and Gutless, perfect lapdogs for their incompetent Bosses.

  • @misterj3133
    @misterj31333 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @allroadsanywhere449
    @allroadsanywhere4494 ай бұрын

    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

  • @peterguirguess853

    @peterguirguess853

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly why it's rich and Gus fault they ignored safety

  • @whiteyfisk9769

    @whiteyfisk9769

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@peterguirguess853lmfao, youre a real Einstein. Nice bait

  • @OleHopkinsBirdMilk

    @OleHopkinsBirdMilk

    3 ай бұрын

    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

  • @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    2 ай бұрын

    gut feeling is no way to make life choices.

  • @allroadsanywhere449

    @allroadsanywhere449

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@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.

  • @stefensmith9522
    @stefensmith95223 ай бұрын

    How can ethically remove seemingly EVERY safety device just to do a job faster. Incredible

  • @absolutelyfookinnobody2843

    @absolutelyfookinnobody2843

    2 ай бұрын

    Easy, he wasnt the one doing it neither was the sabotage team... i mean repair team

  • @mimcduffee86

    @mimcduffee86

    Ай бұрын

    @@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Everything is a conspiracy with some people.

  • @dontcare7086

    @dontcare7086

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @dukeon
    @dukeon3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @philippinecowboy
    @philippinecowboy3 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @rajgarvey5912

    @rajgarvey5912

    3 ай бұрын

    Listening to a morn! I wonder if he ever went down to actually see how dangerous it is

  • @analyticalhabitrails9857

    @analyticalhabitrails9857

    3 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @em84c

    @em84c

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@rajgarvey5912it should be compulsory for the ceo to go down there and see what its like

  • @End-of-Winter
    @End-of-Winter3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @ZCasavant

    @ZCasavant

    2 ай бұрын

    Rage-induced aneurysm?! That sounds epic. Aneurysm if what, exactly??

  • @troyh751
    @troyh7513 ай бұрын

    Whoever dude was calling the shot he needs to be in prison

  • @andrasamberg9690
    @andrasamberg96904 ай бұрын

    This and the Paria disaster shows how fucked up our world is, when people can get away with fatal accidents like this.

  • @mish375

    @mish375

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @mimcduffee86

    @mimcduffee86

    Ай бұрын

    @@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).

  • @papachub9528

    @papachub9528

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@mimcduffee86what do you mean? They literally did cap it back off

  • @yea9725

    @yea9725

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@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"

  • @liam8478
    @liam84784 ай бұрын

    always scary to think how when your down that deep ur whole life depends on oxygen and lifelines

  • @Batmann_

    @Batmann_

    4 ай бұрын

    When my down? What's my down?

  • @adazeobazee4145

    @adazeobazee4145

    4 ай бұрын

    Life already depends on oxygen

  • @loveistheanswer5924

    @loveistheanswer5924

    3 ай бұрын

    ​? 🤔

  • @loveistheanswer5924

    @loveistheanswer5924

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@adazeobazee4145But on the surface there is more then enough oxygen. Under water there is not. 🙂

  • @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    2 ай бұрын

    or your down, lol, clearly not a speaker of English. good call@@Batmann_

  • @softtaco8264
    @softtaco82646 күн бұрын

    The fact that nobody stopped him from making these fatal decisions is even more frightening

  • @brytonmassie
    @brytonmassie2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Robert_D_Mercer

    @Robert_D_Mercer

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @lnr12241
    @lnr12241Ай бұрын

    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

  • @Hatemode_NJ
    @Hatemode_NJ3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @laalaa4303
    @laalaa43033 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Dcook85
    @Dcook8527 күн бұрын

    This story highlights the importance of the fact that at some point you need to say "no sir" and disobey orders.

  • @OgBobby42
    @OgBobby424 ай бұрын

    This isn’t incompetence its gross negligence

  • @AdmanToronto
    @AdmanTorontoАй бұрын

    This was SO well explained and illustrated - thank you so much for taking the time to tell this story.

  • @IHWKR
    @IHWKR3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @MrSomethingElse
    @MrSomethingElse4 ай бұрын

    This is insane, corporate ego outsmarts being sensible once again.

  • @thewatcher9778

    @thewatcher9778

    4 ай бұрын

    none of the qualified people tried to take charge and allowed that POS masterson to kill those two men

  • @black_foresst
    @black_foresst4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for telling their story

  • @tedthesailor172
    @tedthesailor1723 ай бұрын

    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...

  • @neybellsounen4895
    @neybellsounen48953 ай бұрын

    Everyone: "We have a safe way to save them!" Brian: "No" Great video. I got so angry i threw my bottle across my room.

  • @k1_tty
    @k1_tty3 ай бұрын

    i love how you are getting the recognition you deserve. congrats on 100k!

  • @fatal_breakdown

    @fatal_breakdown

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @k1_tty

    @k1_tty

    3 ай бұрын

    @@fatal_breakdown you are so welcome!!

  • @02loud
    @02loud4 ай бұрын

    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).

  • @ClosetShopCustoms

    @ClosetShopCustoms

    3 ай бұрын

    Couldn't agree more

  • @lnr12241
    @lnr12241Ай бұрын

    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

  • @anaismcallister6616
    @anaismcallister66164 ай бұрын

    cannot even begin to imagine what they went through. Hope they are resting easy

  • @analyticalhabitrails9857

    @analyticalhabitrails9857

    3 ай бұрын

    Pfffft, I highly doubt those two men way under the Mighty Sea would count it "resting easy..." 🚢🏊

  • @80bbygrl
    @80bbygrl2 ай бұрын

    And I cannot think of a more terrifying work environment.

  • @Adrian-lc6jq
    @Adrian-lc6jq3 ай бұрын

    Nah this company and its executives need to go to jail there was more 10 critical failings

  • @vigilance4749
    @vigilance47492 ай бұрын

    The decision to pull the bell up at that 45 degree angle was completely ridiculous and made out of ego. Makes me sick!

  • @B1970T
    @B1970T3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @scottcol23

    @scottcol23

    3 ай бұрын

    Its an AI voice.

  • @Oi40ozCasualty
    @Oi40ozCasualty3 ай бұрын

    Breathtaking incompetence by both builder and leadership!

  • @travisjay43
    @travisjay433 ай бұрын

    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

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx5034 ай бұрын

    So. Many. Mistakes. So much incompetence. This gave me major anxiety. How horrible.

  • @msperez1234

    @msperez1234

    3 ай бұрын

    Same 😢😢😢

  • @analyticalhabitrails9857

    @analyticalhabitrails9857

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @BasitKhan-jr5rx
    @BasitKhan-jr5rxАй бұрын

    The way you delivered this complex topic and complex video to us is truly appreciative . Good Job . Nice content as always . 🔱

  • @fatal_breakdown

    @fatal_breakdown

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @bigearedmouse17
    @bigearedmouse173 ай бұрын

    Not just Incompetence, Greed and Incompetence, Someone should have been Jailed for this.

  • @jossymundo9287
    @jossymundo92874 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @stevefox9424
    @stevefox94243 ай бұрын

    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

  • @fatal_breakdown

    @fatal_breakdown

    3 ай бұрын

    I appreciate that!

  • @toomuch4em
    @toomuch4em3 ай бұрын

    This is terrifying. I cant imagine the terror those guys felt.

  • @Ronjulio11
    @Ronjulio114 ай бұрын

    Honey wake up, there’s a new FatalBreakdown video! 🙏🏽

  • @ccdxdhk1575
    @ccdxdhk1575Ай бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic video.

  • @jayv231_
    @jayv231_4 ай бұрын

    So happy to have a new Fatal Breakdown Video!

  • @user-xd1gt9if2v
    @user-xd1gt9if2v3 ай бұрын

    Saturation diving should just be illegal at this point. Thanks frank. Your still a hero bro. Skrew the north sea

  • @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    @Stan_in_Shelton_WA

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @collectorguy3919
    @collectorguy39193 ай бұрын

    The boss clearly understood the Law of Salvage and was prepared to risk the lives of the men to avoid paying millions.

  • @_agx
    @_agx4 ай бұрын

    The amount of incompetent decision making here is actually impressive.

  • @kjpeg
    @kjpeg4 ай бұрын

    Nah fr this pisses me off. I would go against the bosses orders

  • @pillznarRy
    @pillznarRy3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Penelope-
    @Penelope-4 ай бұрын

    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. (Edited for spelling)

  • @Alyssa.Aihara
    @Alyssa.Aihara3 ай бұрын

    So the only "punishment" he got was a slap on the wrist. Classic

  • @mish375

    @mish375

    3 ай бұрын

    The company probably paid them off. Laws don't apply to the rich execs.

  • @giannidcenzo
    @giannidcenzo3 ай бұрын

    The level of incompetence allowed to operate- criminal

  • @fergieferg9192
    @fergieferg91923 ай бұрын

    I listened to this video this morning (audio only), then came back to rewatch with the visuals. Very well explained and the animations made it much easier to understand what happened. Definitely subscribing.

  • @samueltukua3061
    @samueltukua30613 ай бұрын

    Take a shot every time a design flaw comes up, you won't live

  • @reptilejesus829
    @reptilejesus829Ай бұрын

    You and magify are my two favorite shorts channels. It's not even close. I'm glad to see youre back (:

  • @ZCasavant
    @ZCasavant2 ай бұрын

    Every time there seems to be hope, you say "Another devastating accident happened.' What else can go wrong?!

  • @MarashcinoLarry
    @MarashcinoLarry3 ай бұрын

    Heartbreaking story. RIP

  • @lyricsden
    @lyricsden3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for posting

  • @fatal_breakdown

    @fatal_breakdown

    3 ай бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @njoyridin3928
    @njoyridin39282 ай бұрын

    Im surprised they didnt forget to put fuel in the ship before they left the dock.

  • @Sweet_Tooth_Art
    @Sweet_Tooth_Art4 ай бұрын

    If the boss had of just swallowed his pride and asked for help from the other boat those men might have had a chance.

  • @peterguirguess853

    @peterguirguess853

    3 ай бұрын

    Had nothing to do with pride. U believe everything u hear on utube.

  • @heyron3554

    @heyron3554

    3 ай бұрын

    @@peterguirguess853 What would you call it?

  • @whiteyfisk9769

    @whiteyfisk9769

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@peterguirguess853youre right, it had eveything to do with money and a complete disregard for the men actually doing the work

  • @peterguirguess853

    @peterguirguess853

    3 ай бұрын

    @@whiteyfisk9769 exactly

  • @honestlyspeaking905

    @honestlyspeaking905

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm more upset at the fools who knew better but said nothing

  • @JennWatson
    @JennWatson3 ай бұрын

    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!!! 😢

  • @AndrewWhiteKhanty

    @AndrewWhiteKhanty

    3 ай бұрын

    Do you have a link to that story?

  • @mooneymakes359

    @mooneymakes359

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@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

  • @nancyjones6780
    @nancyjones67804 ай бұрын

    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 ❤

  • @thematt6705
    @thematt67053 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @acatinatux9601

    @acatinatux9601

    3 ай бұрын

    yea cause communists like soviet Russia were/are so big on human safety and lenient on costs huh?

  • @johanea

    @johanea

    3 ай бұрын

    Dear Communist, it is thanks to capitalism that you are able to comment here, on the internet.

  • @ExoTheFlyingFish

    @ExoTheFlyingFish

    3 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @johanea

    @johanea

    3 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @ImGoingSupersonic

    @ImGoingSupersonic

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@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

  • @tabby73
    @tabby734 ай бұрын

    Everything in your videos is just perfect! The animations, the voice, the way the story unfolds ... never change a thing. With that being said what a horrible ordeal these two men had to go through before they died 😢 The reckless incompetence of those in charge makes me so angry. RIP 🙏🏻🌹

  • @Kazeshini11
    @Kazeshini114 ай бұрын

    Love your videos. Love how you present it in a respectful and detailed manner. I just wished I didn't end up angry at the incompetence and greed of the people in authority each times but that's not on you at all. Nothing is worse than having hope when you thought all was lost only to lose it.

  • @Na0811te
    @Na0811te4 ай бұрын

    I had been binge watching when I found your channel, so thankful for another one

  • @donknotts3548
    @donknotts3548Ай бұрын

    There's a lot of these tragedy breakdown channels out here on KZread. This strikes me as one of the better ones..

  • @HarryFlashmanVC
    @HarryFlashmanVC2 ай бұрын

    Masterson shpuld have gone to prison. In 2010 the British Parliament passed a law of Corporate Manslaughter which can result in the imprisonment of company Directors. These days Masterson would get 15 years for what he did. My uncle was a North Sea Diver back in the 1970s and it was incredibly dangerous, the big problem being that the North Sea is extremely rough and very cold so a lot of the kit that was used had bern developed for inshore work in the Gulf of Florida, which is why things like the moon pool were unrealistic for the North Sea. As a result you'd get bodging of kit to make it work.. like what happened here. I used to run an onshore oil and gas engineering business in Scotland and frankly the multiple issues that they had would have ceased onshore operations let alone saturation diving. The modern safety standards in the industry are there because of the lives lost. My father was one of the Edinburgh lawyers who successfully sued on behalf of the families.

  • @JaceStCloud
    @JaceStCloud4 ай бұрын

    Best channel for these breakdowns.

  • @jturner755
    @jturner7554 ай бұрын

    I don't know if I feel safer or not knowing that these things could have been prevented

  • @michelleb.6902
    @michelleb.69024 ай бұрын

    Really excited to see another video! My boyfriend put me on to your channel and we're two big fans! I appreciate how you're straightforward about the causes to these tragedies, no sugarcoating

  • @MrTruckerf
    @MrTruckerf2 ай бұрын

    What an absolute damn nightmare. Those brave men should have lived long, productive lives. I salute them.

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-012343 ай бұрын

    They came so close to being rescued. Lot more saturation diving done back in the 70's and 80's before ROV's were sophisticated enough to more work men were doing.

  • @waltercolombe6105
    @waltercolombe61053 ай бұрын

    Masterson's ego . Unbelievable.

  • @grandmascreampie5372
    @grandmascreampie537221 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @peterdonnelly6804
    @peterdonnelly68043 ай бұрын

    WOW Zero profit in safety is an issue. A greed monger on a swivel chair in an office who has never dived running roughshod over the people who knew how to save the divers is just disgusting. Imo another motivating factor in play here would be a business man wanting to avoid reporting an incident that might reflect on their safety record and the possibility of being ordered to implement expensive safety operations.

  • @Skyrise120
    @Skyrise1204 ай бұрын

    You make high quality videos!

  • @GregglyPuff
    @GregglyPuff3 ай бұрын

    I know nothing about anything, but connecting the wire from the Wildrake seemed like the worst idea possible.

  • @tielmaster7879
    @tielmaster78792 ай бұрын

    The fact that the company pretty much got away with everything is so crazy to me.

  • @markthompson2466
    @markthompson24663 ай бұрын

    Masterson should have got life in jail with no chance of parole

  • @mifo2000
    @mifo20004 ай бұрын

    I hope Brian the rescue guy on the boat had the worst life after this.. Im not a diver but when there a better option at work to fix something, you take the better option. Same goes for a rescue! What a Terrible human he turned out to be

  • @RetroDeath
    @RetroDeath4 ай бұрын

    So many different individual mistakes, each single one could have saved them. Unreal.

  • @TheSilmarillian
    @TheSilmarillian2 ай бұрын

    Adds new meaning and depth 2 the word incompetence may they rest in peace.