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Oil spill around sunken tanker expands in East China Sea

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 6:43 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 16 January 2018 6:43 AM ]

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The oil spill on the water surface around the sunken Iranian tanker in the East China Sea had expanded from 10 to 58 square kilometers from Sunday to Monday, China's maritime authority said.

The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said in a statement on Monday that several oil slicks were found near the site where the vessel sank and they were much bigger than the previous day.

A 14.8-kilometer-long oil slick was found 7.2 kilometer southwest of the site on Monday morning and another 18.2-kilometer-long slick east of the site at noon, the statement said.

Surveillance planes also reported a slick spreading northward from the site, with a radius of about five kilometers.

The oil tanker, which caught fire after it collided with a freighter in the East China Sea a week ago, sank Sunday afternoon.

All crew members on board, mostly Iranians, were declared dead.

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