Inferno at Sea: The Deepwater Disaster
Inferno at Sea: The Deepwater Disaster
The events surrounding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform killed 11 people and injured 17. The rig burned for two days and sank, triggering the largest ocean oil spill in history and the largest environmental disaster in US history. This documentary hears eyewitness accounts of those on the rig, rescue teams and locals who lived through the impact of the disaster along the coastlines of Texas, Louisiana and Alabama
Inferno at Sea: The Deepwater Disaster airs on 5ACTION at 9:00 PM, Sunday 19 July. (Subtitles.)
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General
Claire Smith
Director
Kirsty Painter
Series Producer
Mike Griffiths
Executive Producer