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Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico, Crew Members Missing

Apr212010

Late last night, the District Eight Coast Guard command center received reports of an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, a Transocean semisubmersible drilling rig, off the Louisiana Gulf Coast, 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana.  The rig was still burning early this morning and listing heavily. According to Marine Log, more than a dozen crew [...]