Oil Rig sinking

You can't imagine how these people must have died.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16235095

I don't know anything much about oil rtgs, but wonder why there were 90 odd people on board while it was being towed (in bad weather as well. Russia's different but I would have thought it would have been advisable to remove as many as possible before the tow began. It sounds like almost the whole crew was aboard

Yes mike and why was it being moved in such bad weather.

Posted by Sheldonboy

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You can't imagine how these people must have died.

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I thought it quite obvious.

What I wonder about is the distance. 125 miles towing a brick on stilts, that isn't going to be a short journey.

You don't last long in water at -17c I think it's only moments.

Phil