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.

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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