Oil tanker spill off Shetlands

Title

Oil tanker spill off Shetlands

Genre

News report

TX Date

6 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:00:32

Description

Phil Edwards reports from the scene on efforts to reduce pollution and save the Shetland Islands from 85,000 tonnes of crude oil pouring from the stricken BV Braer oil tanker which are being hampered by hurricane force winds.

Contributors

Phil Edwards

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Pollution; Weather; Winds; Scotland; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Shetland Islands; MV Braer

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