Following the explosion and fire on the rig, the blow-out preventer on the sea bed should have automatically sealed the well, but it failed, resulting in the massive oil spill.

在油井发生爆炸以及油井起火后，海底上的防喷器本来应该自动将油井封住，但是未能做到这一点，导致大规模的石油泄漏。

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BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward has come under mounting pressure over the spill, caused after a drilling rig BP was leasing, the Deepwater Horizon, caught fire and sank last month.

自上个月英国石油公司“深海地平线”钻油台爆炸起火沉没后，公司行政总裁托尼·海沃德因此次泄露所承担的压力越来越大。

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His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.

他处理波斯湾漏油事件的漫不经心遭至各路讨伐。

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The fact is that adaptations of the V-22 have virtually unlimited potential to improve interurban air transport, short-haul commercial delivery, oil spill containment, forest fire-fighting, emergency relief delivery, and a host of other functions.

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Airport fire and cleanup crews responded to the spill.

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It was originally thought the spill involved about 3, 000 litres of a chemical liquid, but the fire service said it was 775 litres of non-hazardous petroleum distillates.

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