A new documentary, Last Breath, examines this dramatic true story through first-hand accounts, alongside archive and black box footage and underwater reconstructions.
Last Breath is released in UK cinemas on 5 April.
The commercial diver descended 262ft underwater for a routine inspection of a drilling structure at the Huntington oil field, 115 miles east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
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