Investigators find several problems contributed to oil spill

Thursday, May 13, 2010

WASHINGTON -- Bad wiring and a leak in what's supposed to be a "blowout preventer." Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things.

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