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Oct 13, 2016 · In the evening of Jan 29, 1983, the derrick of the oil drillship Eniwetok struck the Sentosa cableway after the ship became unmoored from its tugboat and drifted with the tide. Two cable cars...
Feb 11, 2023 · Mr Singh's cable car was one of 15 cars travelling between Sentosa and the mainland when the derrick of oil drilling vessel Eniwetok struck the ropeway at 6.06pm as it was being towed out to...
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Jan 29, 2023 · He looked up and saw people falling out of a cable car. The deckhand, who was on a ferry, spotted a baby in the waters off the Jardine Steps, The Singapore Monitor reported on Sept 15, 1983.
On 29 January 1983, seven people died when the Sentosa cable cars they were aboard plunged into the sea after the derrick of an oil-drilling vessel, Eniwetok, struck the cableway when it was unberthing from the wharf nearby. 1 It was the first fatal accident since the cableway began operations in 1974. 2 This was also the worst disaster that ...
Dec 9, 2021 · Seven people died when an oil-drilling vessel struck the cableway on Jan 29, 1983, dislodging two cable cars and sending them plunging into the sea below. Recalling the day, Mr Hogan said it...
At about 6 p.m. on 29 January 1983, the derrick of the Eniwetok, a Panamanian-registered oil rig, passed under the aerial ropeway of the Singapore Cable Car system and struck the cable that stretched over the waterway between the Jardine Steps Station and the Sentosa Station.
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Jan 29, 2023 · He was eight years old on Jan 29, 1983, and in cable car 26 with six other members of his family when the derrick, or tower-like structure, of the Panama-registered oil drilling vessel Eniwetok...
