Honolulu Hawaii Red Hill Investigations: The Navy Failed To Prevent And Respond To Fuel Contamination, A Common Practice Both Domestic and Abroad Felt They Are Above The Law.

Honolulu Hawaii Red Hill Investigations: The Navy Failed To Prevent And Respond To Fuel Contamination, A Common Practice Both Domestic and Abroad Felt They Are Above The Law.

A string of extraordinary failures in maintenance, training and leadership at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility resulted in fuel spewing from a broken pipeline for 30 hours, leaking petroleum into the military’s drinking water and sickening entire families last year, military officials said Thursday.

The results of two U.S. Pacific Fleet investigations into the disaster, shared with the media on Thursday, laid bare the human errors and systemic negligence that allowed two catastrophic leaks to occur within months of each other.