Safety systems were bypassed, rig worker says
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 21:21
in Health & Medicine
Alarms and regulating devices were turned off, says a technician aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, and maintenance was long overdue. Response vessels at the spill site clear out ahead of a storm. Key safety systems were bypassed or disabled on the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig — some for months or years — a top technician on the vessel testified Friday, as offshore...