[I could not write a better villian than BP; they remind me of the evil oil company in that terrible Steven Segal movie with Michael Caine as the bad CEO.]
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News Alert: Technician: Warning system on BP oil rig had been disabled
11:03 AM EDT Friday, July 23, 2010
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KENNER, LA. -- Long before an eruption of gas turned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig into a fireball, an alarm system designed to alert the crew and prevent combustible gases from reaching potential sources of ignition had been deliberately disabled, the former chief electronics technician on the rig testified Friday.
Michael Williams said he understood that the rig had been operating with the system in "inhibited" mode for a year to prevent false alarms from disturbing the crew.
Williams said the explanation he got was that the leadership of the rig did not want crew members needlessly awakened in the middle of the night.
For more information, visit washingtonpost.com:
http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/QJTXP3/GKXJ82/RN70J9/LGBWPH/IUACY/W1/t
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News Alert: Technician: Warning system on BP oil rig had been disabled
11:03 AM EDT Friday, July 23, 2010
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KENNER, LA. -- Long before an eruption of gas turned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig into a fireball, an alarm system designed to alert the crew and prevent combustible gases from reaching potential sources of ignition had been deliberately disabled, the former chief electronics technician on the rig testified Friday.
Michael Williams said he understood that the rig had been operating with the system in "inhibited" mode for a year to prevent false alarms from disturbing the crew.
Williams said the explanation he got was that the leadership of the rig did not want crew members needlessly awakened in the middle of the night.
For more information, visit washingtonpost.com:
http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/QJTXP3/GKXJ82/RN70J9/LGBWPH/IUACY/W1/t
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