'Top Kill' Fails: BP Explains Decision to Move on to 'Next Option'

The New York Times: The decision to abandon the top kill technique, the most ambitious effort yet to plug the well, comes as the latest in a series of failures. First, BP failed in efforts to repair the blowout preventer with submarine robots. Then its initial efforts to cap the well with a containment dome failed when it became clogged with a frothy mix of frigid water and gas. Efforts to use a hose to gather escaping oil have managed to catch only a fraction of the total spill.