BP guides tube into breached oil well

In its latest effort to stop oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is trying to guide a mile-long tube into the breached well.

BP guides tube into breached oil well

In its latest effort to stop oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is trying to guide a mile-long tube into the breached well.

BP technicians are gingerly moving joysticks to guide deep-sea robots and thread the 6in-wide tube with a rubber stopper into the 21in pipe spewing oil from the ocean floor.

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