On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
The well blew out because a number of separate risk factors, oversights, and outright mistakes combined to overwhelm the safeguards meant to prevent just such a happening.
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Flores explains the causes behind the Macondo well blowout, attributing it to multiple failures.
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