Accident Misaligns News Today

Disaster. same blowout preventer technology that has been singled out as having failed during the bp oil disaster and that we now know would fail again even if used as directed. no new nothing as a result of the bp oil disaster. and this permit was approved last month. with an oil spill response plan dated seven months before the largest oil spill in u.s. history. with the administrations assurance about all the rigorous new safety standards these companies are going to be following. we contacte...

Metaphor from earlier the air bags in this case and maybe in every case dont work. more specifically, they found air bags work unless theres a car crash, then they dont work. the forensic analysis of what went wrong in the bp disaster found a big burst of pressure that causes a well blowout can also render the blowout preventer useless. if the shock that causes the initial accident misaligns the rigs pumps and valves, the blowout preventer wont be able to work, wont be able to seal off the pipe,...

Its about preventing an accident from turning into a tragedy. the reason you probably have an air bag in your car is because the federal government has required carmakers to put them there. the government will not let a car company sell you a car that was built after 1998 unless it has an air bag, unless it has this device thats been proven to reduce the chances of serious damage should disaster strike. the auto industry was not psyched about that regulation, but thats why they are bound by regu...

The fast-heating-up american politics about this war. that is all coming up. but we begin tonight with an exclusive report. this is something we have been working on for some time. you will not see this anywhere else. all right. do you have an air bag in your car? depending on the age of your car, you probably do. you probably have lots of air bags in your car. you may have one built into your steering wheel, into the dashboard, on the passenger side. you might have side impact air bags if you s...