gulf. at the same time in hearings in new orleans, the company also under fire by a government panel for ignoring warnings about that critical blowout preventer that caused the disaster in the first place. ronald sepulveda was a well site leader on the rig. >> suspend further drill operation to a pod is opener able. >> was that done at the deepwater horizon? >> well, no, it wasn't. >> reporter: beset by those investigations, financial woes and the urgent need to kill that well, new trouble possibly on the horizon for bp, a possible tropical storm headed right for the spill zone as early as this weekend. matt gutman, abc news, baton rouge, louisiana. it was a frightening ordeal for dozens of passengers aboard a united airlines flight from washington, d.c. to los angeles. the plane was forced to land in denver after hitting severe