In effect, the personnel on the BP oil drilling platform, Deepwater Horizon, were poorly prepared for events that took place on April 20, 2010.

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The Plan C drill -- an enormous oil drilling platform that dominates the rescue site -- had reached 156 meters (512 feet), Sougarret said.

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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill began in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th with a drilling rig explosion that killed eleven platform workers and injured seventeen others.

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