Published on Sunday, December 26, 2010 by Agence France-Presse
Probe Finds 'Total Collapse of BP Rig Defenses'WASHINGTON - The April 20 explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the largest environmental disaster in US history occurred because every single defense on the rig named Deepwater Horizon failed, The New York Times reported Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/26spill.html?hpThe April 20 explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the largest environmental disaster in US history occurred because every single defense on the rig named Deepwater Horizon failed. (Photo: New York Times)The newspaper, which undertook its own investigation of
the blast that killed 11 rig workers and injured dozens of others, said some of the defenses were deployed but did not work, some were activated too late, and some were never deployed at all.
Communications fell apart, warning signs were missed and crew members in critical areas failed to coordinate a response, the report pointed out.
The result was paralysis, The Times said.MORE:
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