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Oil from the Deepwater Horizon poured into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, making it the largest ever accidental oil spill on the planet. Eleven men died in the accident. Credit: Breck P. Kent/Shutterstock/NTB scanpix
July 1, 2020
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Ten years ago, the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico killed eleven men and resulted in the largest accidental oil spill in history. Years of investigations concluded that the drilling crew missed critical warning signals that would have stopped the problem. A new analysis suggests that wasn't the case. The magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon accident is almost impossible to fathom. On April 20, 2010, eleven men died when the drilling rig exploded. 

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