BBC—Deepwater Horizon safety alarm ‘shut off’ before fire

Posted by Kendall Harmon

An alarm aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that could have alerted workers to fire and explosive gas had been silenced before the 20 April explosion, a senior rig technician has said.

Mike Williams told a hearing that managers wanted warning sirens and lights silenced because they did want workers disturbed by false alarms.

He said the alarm had been partially shut off months before the blast.

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Posted July 23, 2010 at 4:17 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. RMBruton wrote:

If this had been a State-run Corporation in China and this came to light, what would follow would be a swift Show-Trial, Executions by firing squads and the families of the guilty being presented with bills for the bullets used.

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