Rig officials' shortcuts may have contributed to explosion, panel is told

Workers' safety warnings on the Deepwater Horizon apparently were ignored in the interest of saving time and money, witnesses testify before a federal panel. In the days before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, a wide range of workers on the rig expressed doubts, worry or confusion over decisions made by their superiors, but those concerns apparently went unheeded, according to testimony before a federal panel Tuesday.

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