Seven hours of data missing from Deepwater Horizon operations just prior to explosion

[Galileo Galilei]

Seven hours of data missing from Deepwater Horizon operations just prior to explosion

A "black box" can reveal why an airplane crashed or how fast a car was going in the instant before an accident. Yet there are no records of a critical safety test supposedly performed during the fateful hours before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/seven_hours_of_data_missing_fr.html

[Galileo Galilei]

CNN Breaking News: BP: No oil flowing into Gulf of Mexico for first time in months as part of test of ruptured well. Watch live on CNN.com.


Nice timing.

[Bruno]

So, this cap could have been in place within days of the explosion, if BP had planned appropriately.

Nice work, 100+ million gallons later.