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Deepwater Horizon warning alarms were bypassed

Posted on Jul 23, 2010

Management didn’t want to disturb crew’s sleep

The former chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon told a Senate panel Friday that the rig’s gas alarm system was “inhibited,” or bypassed, because management did not want crew to be woken up in the middle of the night from false alarms. A September 2009 audit of the platform indicated 390 safety items that needed to be addressed including issues with cooling and bilge pumps and an emergency shutdown panel. The Washington Post uncovered records showing the federal government has routinely handed out fines to Gulf of Mexico rigs for bypassing alarm systems.

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Source: Washington Post

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