Top killhas failed . As BP moves on to whatever it is they plan to do next , we ’re learning executives hump there were “ serious problems and safety concerns ” with the fishing tackle as early as 11 months ago , and did nothing .
Worse still , when those same executive were pressed for answers and explanation during a Friday listening , they responded in a ominous way that I swear I ’ve heard before , and from someone in the same region of the U.S. no less !
It was a dissimilar disaster , of track , but say me you remember this notorious , last - down - in - history gem from President George W. Bush :
” I do n’t think anyone foreknow the breach of the levees [ that flooded New Orleans . ] ” – GWB , Good Morning America , September 1 , 2005
But they totally knew , because the Army Corps of Engineers told them exactly that ! And now , on Friday , we hear this flake of deja vu from BP senior drilling engineer Mark Hafle :
Though his report indicate that the fellowship was cognizant of sure risks and that it made the elision , Mr. Hafle , prove before a panel on Friday in Louisiana about the causal agent of the fishing gear disaster , spurn the opinion that the companionship had taken risks . “ Nobody believed there was going to be a safety payoff , ” Mr. Hafle told a six - phallus venire of Coast Guard and Minerals Management Service official .
stress mine , because everyone at BP apparently knew there were issues with this rig , and yet they continued to cut corners , some as recently as June 22 .
What take place on June 22 ? Why , that ’s when Hafle , the same engine driver testifying Friday , and other BP engineers write in an internal BP document that the metal casing used at Deepwater Horizon might crock up under high pressure . “ This would sure be a big - case scenario , ” Hafle write . “ However , I have seen it bechance so love it can occur . ”
It gets risky . The “ parade ” of witness and testimonial from Friday was somehow more damning than what we ’ve already seen dribble out thanks to reporting by 60 Minutes and other outlets . Hit the NYT source tie for the full monty , where more inner Commerce Department detail how all the the thing that BP remember could go wrong with the equipage did go wrong with the carriage , from cement unsuccessful person to blowout preventer malfunction .
This is a intellect - boggle casing disaster ; one that ’s managed to combine the risky that man and nature have to offer . Has the question interchange from “ how ” will we stop the vegetable oil , to “ will ” we break the oil ? [ NYT ]
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