Deepwater Horizon alarms were switched off 'to help workers sleep'

Alarms and safety mechanisms on gulf disaster oil rig were disabled, chief technician at Transocean revealsVital warning systems on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were switched off at the time of the explosion in order to spare workers being woken by false alarms, a federal investigation has heard.The revelation that alarm systems on the rig at the centre of the disaster were disabled - and that key safety mechanisms had also consciously been switched off - came in testimony by a chief technician working for Transocean, the drilling company that owned the rig. Continue reading...