California oil spill | Data shows ship crossed over the oil pipeline that ruptured
The Hindu
The tracking data shows that the MSC DANIT drifted several times over the pipeline.
A massive cargo ship that was supposed to be at anchor was buffeted by high winds during a January storm, and repeatedly crossed over an undersea , according to the vessel monitoring data.
Federal investigators are examining whether on January 25, the anchor from the Panama-registered container ship MSC DANIT caught the pipe and pulled it across the seafloor, Coast Guard LTJG SondraKay Kneen said.
The tracking data analyzed by the environmental group Skytruth showed that on that date the MSC DANIT drifted several times over the pipeline, that is about 100 feet (30 meters) below the surface.
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