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Keith Jones, father of Gordon Jones, who died aboard the Deepwater Horizon during the blowout, said news of criminal charges was welcomed by the families of those killed aboard the rig.
In January 2011, a U.S. presidential commission found that the spill was caused by time-saving, cost-cutting decisions by BP rig owner Transocean and cement contractor Halliburton.