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Robot vessels used to cap Gulf of Mexico oil leak - but why no failsafe?

Update, I didn’t realise the blowout-preventer was the failsafe — but it failed!

I am amazed that there appears not to be a failsafe shutoff valve on the oil well on...

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Posted: 26 April 2010, 18:39; tagged: , , , , .