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Seeing this makes me angry because it was avoidable.

• proee 16y ago
  How was it avoidable?
  • joegaudet 16y ago
    Changing the batteries in the control panel that caused the blowoff mechanism (or what ever it was) to mal function.
    • MikeCapone 16y ago
      Better testing methods for the equipment and more redundancy would also have made it a LOT less likely.
  • deleted 16y ago
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  • BudVVeezer 16y ago
    By not drilling in the ocean, where mistakes like this have far-reaching effects, among other, more technical reasons.
  • WestCoastJustin 16y ago
    I also think drilling 5000 feet down complicates things. There is a massive lag between noticing a problem and coming up with viable solutions. It's not really a hands on issue.