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Hans J Marter
28 April, 2007
THE NORWEGIAN justice and police minister yesterday (Friday)
appointed a five strong commission to investigate the causes of the
Bourbon Dolphin tragedy, off Shetland.
High court judge Mrs Inger Lyng, from Tromsø, is to lead the inquiry
which has until 1 February 2008 to report back to minister Knut
Storberget.
 The
anchor handling vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsized and sank 75 miles
off Shetland a fortnight ago. Eight of its 15 crew, including
captain Oddne Remøy and his 14 year old son David, died.
The other four commission members are Mrs Guro Høyaas Løken, a
specialist marine engineer with Aker Kværner; Mr Gisle Fiksdal, a
specialist in vessel stability; Mr Dag Andreassen, a marine |
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coordinator who works with
ExxonMobil in the Norwegian North Sea; and Mr Yngve Skovly, a police
lawyer from the Ålesund area. A spokesman
for the Norwegian government's justice department said the inquiry's
remit was to establish what went wrong during the operation
involving the drilling rig Transocean Rather.
The inquiry will also establish who was responsible for any errors
that may have led to the tragedy and will make recommendations so
that similar accidents can be avoided in future.
The spokesman stressed that the inquiry was not a court, and
although blame would be directed to whoever was responsible for the
accident, any criminal investigation would be handled by the police.
Mrs Lyng said yesterday afternoon that the commission would meet for
the first time later next week, and would begin its work by
collecting all the evidence that was already available, including
the papers from Wednesday's court inquiry, held in Ålesund.
The commission, which will take evidence in private, is to visit
Shetland in the course of its investigation. |
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