AAI NEWS
Deepwater Horizon Blowout Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico - Spring 2010
On 22 April 2010 the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform burned and collapsed after a catastrophic blowout two days earlier. Located about 65 miles off the Louisiana coast, the collapse of the rig ruptured the well pipe at BP's Macondo well over 1500 meters below the surface. This caused an uncontrolled gusher of oil and gas to surge into the Gulf waters from the seafloor.
Deepwater Horizon
April 21, 2010 (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)
In anticipation of a potential environmental disaster, AAI immediately contacted the German satellite imaging company RapidEye AG to obtain spectral imagery of the environmentally sensitive shallow water and coastal areas that could potentially be affected by the oil. >> more