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In response to "there is, supposedly, but it failed." by tRuMaN

It got all messed up when the platform sank and dragged the pipe connected to it along with it. -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) May 26 '10, 07:44

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yeah. you would have thought someone would have thought of that when designing the thing for the worst case scenario stuff -- nm - tRuMaN May 26, 07:45 9
- What I don't understand is why they didn't implement the shutoff in the time between when it caught fire and when it sank. - Ender May 26, 07:48 8
  - maybe they were too busy running for their lives... -- nm - znufrii May 26, 07:51
  - well, the way npr explained it, its automatic based on a signal from the platform - tRuMaN May 26, 07:50
  - I thought the same thing but didn't post it because I figured there was a reason. - Mel Profit May 26, 07:50
  - I think the fire may have prevented them from doing that. And, of course, eleven people died - that may have affected things, too -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 07:49 4
    - Then that's a piss poor crisis response team those people have. - Will Hunting May 26, 07:51 3
      - the rig exploded and sank in pretty short order. it's not like they had heaps of time sitting around, wondering "hey, did anyone hit the shutoff?" - mafic May 26, 08:28
      - I do feel sorry for BP in the sense that they were the company unlucky enough to have it happen on their platform - znufrii May 26, 07:54
      - I think any doubt of that has been washed out to sea. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 07:52

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