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Theres reason to believe the atlantis may be unsafe. joe johns tonight is investigating. >> reporter: 122 miles off the louisiana coast in deeper water and able to pump more oil than deep water horizon ever did sits bps monster of an oil rig. they call it atlantis. technology rivals the space shuttle some say. when you ask for the blueprints, schematics, draws that show you how to put this together, youll get a surprise. 90%, thats right, 90% of the safety documentation for atlantis was missing ...

The most complex oil rigs in the world. a former bp contractor and at least two dozen lawmakers says theres reason to believe the atlantis may be unsafe. joe johns tonight is investigating. >> reporter: 122 miles off the louisiana coast in deeper water and able to pump more oil than deep water horizon ever did sits bps monster of an oil rig. they call it atlantis. it runs on technology soum say rivals the space shuttle. when you ask for the blueprints, schematics, drawings that show you how to p...

>> in a production facility as sophisticated as bp atlantis, millions of components, moving parts that the operator needs to know where they are to turn it on, to shut it off in case of an accident. and its outrageous that 90% of this safety documentation is missing. >> the whistleblower himself is scheduled to testify for congress this week and last month two dozen members of congress sent a letter to the administration, asking for the rig to be shut down. >> why cant you go out to the rig, loo...

How to. >> and in a production facility as sophisticated as bp atlantis, there are millions of components, and moving parts that the operator needs to know where they are to turn it on, shut it off and in case of an accident, and it is outrageous that 90% of the safety documentation is missing. >> reporter: the whistleblower himself is scheduled to testify for congress this week, and last month, two dozen members of congress sent a letter to the administration asking for the rig to be shutdown. ...

How to put this together, youll get a surprise. 90%, thats right, 90% of the safety documentation for atlantis was missing at the end of 2008, according to food and water watch which got the information from a bp project supervisor turned whistleblower. the group says atlantis is an accident waiting to happen and theyre in court, seeking an injunction, claiming atlantis needs to be shut down now because in an emergency, no one would know how to. >> in a production facility as sophisticated as bp...

More testing will have to be done. as the cleanup continues tomorrow the senate homeland security and government tal affairs committee will hold a hearing on the nations response to the spill scheduled to attend bps american president. kimberly? >> david thanks. craig rivera joins me with an in-depth look at how that spill could happen again. >> two months before the deep water horizon spill 19 members of congress called on the agency that over seas offshore oil drilling to investigate a whistle...

More testing will have to be done. as the cleanup continues tomorrow the senate homeland security and government tal affairs committee will hold a hearing on the nations response to the spill scheduled to attend bps american president. kimberly? >> david thanks. craig rivera joins me with an in-depth look at how that spill could happen again. >> two months before the deep water horizon spill 19 members of congress called on the agency that over seas offshore oil drilling to investigate a whistle...