Panel Suggests Signs of Trouble Before Rig Explosion

A memo offers the most detailed accounting of the events and decisions made aboard the Deepwater Horizon in the final hours before the April 20 blast.

Haliburton blew it under pressure from Transocean and BP. Tired managers, exhausted crew, Head Office demands. The operation should have been whistled to a halt by the safety officer. It was not. Bankruptcy for all. Include the MMS.