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MOBILE, Ala. – US Coast Guard Master Chief Pete Capelotti escorts Dr. William Thiesen, Atlantic Area Historian, on a flyover of the Deepwater Horizon Incident Zone on a US Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry airplane
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The Coast Guard flies pelicans rehabilitated from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill from New Orleans to Texas to be released into the wild June 20, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gina Ruoti.
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Hernando sheriff flies over oil spill, calls for more local preparations
The sheriff’s aerial tour from Pinellas to the Panhandle offers a new perspective.
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Angry President Obama flies in as oil hits Florida
President Obama, at the mercy of events and unproven technologies, flew to Louisiana yesterday for the third time since the Deepwater Horizon blowout to console those living along the state’s polluted coast and find out whether BP may finally be winning the race to cap the well.
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This weekend, I flew over areas of the Gulf of Mexico impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil leak disaster. In the video, the helicopter approaches the site of the leak. The small vessels visible in the beginning of the video are skimming oil from the water’s surface. At about 1:00 into the video, as we descend large swaths of oil in the water are visible. At about 1:15, we approach the vessel Discover Enterprise (the ship with the flare burning off of it), which is collecting oil from the small pipe BP inserted into the leaking riser last week. On either side of the Enterprise, there are two platforms visible. They are drilling the relief wells.