The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Leaking tanker off Omani coast is sinking deeper, satellite images show
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A sanctioned oil tanker, the Caroline Bezengi, is sinking off the coast of Oman, causing a rapidly expanding oil spill in a protected marine area. Environmental experts warn that the spill has reached hundreds of square kilometers, threatening local wildlife.
Satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press show that a sanctioned tanker carrying nearly a million barrels of oil appears to be increasingly submerged in water off the coast of Oman, where it has been grounded for weeks, while leaking ever more oil into the surrounding sea.
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