Sea Empress disaster

Title

Sea Empress disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:22

Description

A six-man team has been successfully airlifted onto the deck of the Sea Empress - the oil tanker that ran aground off west Wales. The salvage operation involving tugs and helicopters has been severely hampered by the bad weather around the scene at Milford Haven. One of the chopper pilots outlines the difficulties (not named).

Contributors

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Keywords

Pollution; Wales; Oil; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Milford Haven; Sea Empress (ship)

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