[QUOTE=domer;31455]Why? Does the rig floor have microphone input into the VDR? Is the subsea instrument panel connected?[/QUOTE]
No, but there’s a BOP panel on the Bridge. And we could set aside the rumours of an explosion three hours ahead of the call for help. Plus I believe the crew did a outstanding job getting 115 people off alive, at night, with a blackout, after what I now understand was a huge explosion that ripped into the living quarters. They deserve our thanks and praise which I haven’t seen a lot of yet, for some truely heroic actions.