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Andros larboard officials person arrested the skipper and watch serviceman of a Turkish-operated freighter that sank disconnected the Aegean Sea land aboriginal Wednesday without nonaccomplishment of life, while authorities were focusing connected pre-emptive enactment to forestall an lipid spillage.
The Vanuatu-flagged Corsage C was heading from Croatia to Ukraine with 3,000 metric tons of soda connected committee when it struck rocks disconnected bluish Andros befora dawn and sank. It had a unit of 8 Turks and 1 Azeri national, each who were reported successful bully health.
The 52-year-old skipper and 32-year-old watch officer, some Turkish nationals, look charges including negligence that led to a shipwreck. The precise causes of the sinking are under investigation. The Coast Guard said weather conditions astatine the clip of the mishap were fair.
Authorities mounted a ample cognition to forestall biology harm from the wreck of the Corsage C, which was carrying an unspecified quantity of substance successful its tanks.
Two specialized Coast Guard cleanup vessels were sent to the spot from the larboard of Rafina successful eastbound Attica, and a floating roar was acceptable up astir the sunken vessel to drawback immoderate substance that should seep retired earlier it could scope the shores of Andros oregon different adjacent islands.
The Coast Guard said 4 patrol boats, three merchant ships successful the area, a sportfishing vessel and an airforce chopper were initially sent to the country of the shipwreck. Two of the ship’s unit were picked up successful the sea, and the remainder connected land.
This story has been updated.
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