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Human Errors: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Published May 13, 2010 | By Foster
Officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service raised questions about the events leading up to the rig explosion, the likely causes of the explosion, and the failed blowout preventer, at a hearing on Wednesday. The answers to those questions told a dark story.
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