Thailand deploys more assets as oil slick threatens beaches
ABC News
An aircraft from a company specializing in recoveries from oil spills has arrived from Singapore to join an urgent effort to clean up an oil slick before it could hit beaches in eastern Thailand
BANGKOK -- An aircraft from a company specializing in recoveries from oil spills arrived Thursday from Singapore to join an urgent effort to clean up an oil slick before it could hit beaches in eastern Thailand, officials said.
The C-130 joined other planes, ships and a helicopter deployed by the Thai navy to contain the damage from the Star Petroleum Refining Public Company’s oil that leaked Tuesday night from a mooring station in the Gulf of Thailand.
Information from Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency suggested that prevailing winds could blow the oil slick to major beaches in Rayong province or Samet Island by Friday evening if not cleaned up before then, said Thai navy's Rear Adm. Wichanu Thupa-ang.
He said the agency’s report estimated that the slick covered 11.65 square kilometers (4.5 square miles).
