‘A momentous day’: families of Britons killed in 1980 oil rig disaster finally win compensation

<p>Norway will set up state payment scheme for families of 123 men killed in Kielland disaster, but some feel it comes too late</p><p>“I think we all feel like we’ve had a bit of a weight lifted off our shoulders,” said Laura Fleming after an important milestone in one of Europe’s longest-running industrial disaster sagas. “It is just 45 years too late.”</p><p>Fleming’s father, Michael, was one of 123 men who were killed when the Alexander L Kielland accommodation rig capsized during a fierce storm in the Norwegian North Sea oilfields on 27 March 1980.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/its-a-momentous-day-families-of-britons-killed-in-1980-oil-rig-disaster-awarded-compensation">Continue reading...</a>