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Články z Yahoo!Vital evidence for BP oil probe raised from depths (AFP)

5. 9 2010 (16:13)

BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill National Incident Commander Thad Allen briefs reporters about the latest progress in capping the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico on August 20 in Washington, DC. Allen announced Saturday that the blowout prevent, known as the BOP, was safely in the hands of federal investigators on a surface vessel after being removed from the wellhead and hoisted up.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Workers have retrieved the failed blowout preventer from BP's Macondo oil well, giving US investigators a key piece of evidence as they probe the reasons behind the biggest ever maritime spill.