Fail Safe

Cameron made the blowout preventer for the well, a so-called fail-safe device that failed to automatically shut down the well. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cameron was the maker of the blowout preventer, the so-called fail-safe device that neglected to automatically shut down the well. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But it is somewhat sobering to see all these so-called 'fail-safe' mechanisms failing.'' ❋ Unknown (2011)

Undersea blowout fail-safe devices not 100% - USATODAY. com ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fail-safe device, the last line of defense against a disaster, wasn't designed to handle a real-world blowout, according to investigators, who called for further study of the devices. ❋ Ben Casselman (2011)

If you believe that, I have a fail-safe blowout preventer from the Gulf of Mexico I want to sell you. ❋ Joel Reynolds (2011)

Once it reached the rig, the gas ignited, setting off a massive explosion that killed the 11 workers and knocked out the rig's power, leaving survivors with no way to trigger the final fail-safe on the blowout preventer, the pipe-cutting shears known as blind-shear rams, while they were still aboard the rig. ❋ Ben Casselman (2011)

Once again, the debate has begun about the role of this uniquely dangerous technology in our global fight against climate change — whether this latest failure in "fail-safe" nuclear reactor safety systems disqualifies nuclear energy from a growing role in cleaning up fossil-fuel pollution as we transition to a clean energy future, a future based on energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. ❋ Joel Reynolds (2011)

I sat down with the South African native - who has lived in New York since the late 1970s - to discuss his inspirations for the event launch, his upcoming projects, and his fail-safe secrets to entertaining. ❋ Melissa Berkelhammer (2011)

The mechanism designed as a fail-safe protection against undersea blowouts can't always shut off modern deep-water wells and tests to ensure it will work are unreliable, according to government records and drilling experts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is the problem when designing fail-safe systems -- they fail in the most unexpected ways. ❋ Donald Kaul (2011)

Though the emergency valves are often referred to as a fail-safe backup to undersea drilling, they have several weaknesses, particularly if crews do not activate them correctly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But maintaining a remote fail-safe system is trickier when dealing with employees' devices, which store their own apps, photos and other information. ❋ Shara Tibken (2011)

Modern rail systems are supposed to have fail-safe measures to prevent such occurrences. ❋ Jason Dean (2011)

A sumptuous boar blow-out closes Mr. Greene's account, as if, all other approaches falling short, one fail-safe way to comprehend this beast is to eat him. ❋ Lawrence Norfolk (2011)

We are now at fail-safe for health care reform; the last hurrah so to speak. ❋ Miles J. Zaremski (2010)

You're the president of the United States. Your [bombers] have "blown past" their "[fail-safe] points" in a tragic error. As you and your [translator] "sweat blood," end of the world destiny unfolds right before your very eyes in "[Fail-Safe]." ❋ The Pro From Dover (2011)

"<[pant] pant> Sorry about [the fail] [safe], honey" ❋ Gee Toe (2005)

"We've made it [fail-safe] by adding a extra [NiCad] battery incase the [main battery] fails." "This recipe is fail-safe, anyone could do it." ❋ Sigridda (2023)