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An oil tanker sank after an explosion, leaving five people dead and six others missing.
Korea Coast Guard said that the explosion of the 4,ton vessel Doola
No.3 took place on Sunday morning near Jawol Island, about 32
kilometers off the port of Incheon.
A total of 11 Korean and five Myanmarese crewmen were aboard the ship and five were rescued.
The coast guard dispatched a team of search and rescue ships to find the missing crew members.
While the exact reason of the explosion is still unknown, coast guard
officials said that it is unlikely to have been caused by any external
shock.
They added that the explosion suddenly occured when crew members were cleaning the oil tank on the deck.
The coast guard assumes that the explosion was likely caused by inflammable gases leaking from the ship's oil tanks.
An official from Doola Shipping, owner of the cargo ship, also said that
the company believes something went wrong during the process of
eliminating remaining gas inside the oil tank.
The cargo ship, which usually carried refined petroleum products and
chemicals, was carrying 80 tons of Bunker-C oil and 40 tons of diesel
oil for fuel.
The coast guard said however, that oil leakage has not been reported yet.
Hwang Ji-hye, Arirang News.
By: BongToTheFuture
In: World News
Tags: oil, tanker, explodes, south korea
Location: Incheon, Inch'on-jikhalsi, Korea (South) (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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Interesting...
We had the "Arab Spring" is this the "Ship Winter".
Second ship in as many days to go down.
Good Find BongTTF - Voted!
Posted Jan-18-2012 Byfigatomek (13473.18) 
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Wow, I've never seen a ship so badly damaged and still afloat. Amazing!
Posted Jan-17-2012 ByUSA1 (3796.24) 
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that thing got ripped open like a tin can
Posted Jan-17-2012 Bybilla48 (308.60) billa48 View Channel Send Message
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How does a tanker weigh only four tons? Must be a typo.
Posted Jan-18-2012 ByMeathead12 (700.00) Meathead12 View Channel Send Message
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They need to keep those holds topped off with inert gas due to static charges from the movement of oil. I suppose there was a mistake here.
Posted Jan-17-2012 ByUSA1 (3796.24) 
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KABOOM...
Posted Jan-17-2012 ByRumbleg (26.00) 
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So from those #'s it was empty being cleaned.
"Blow'd up good, Blow'd up real good."
Posted Jan-18-2012 ByBuzz1964 (1076.02) 
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Holy Shit!
That explosion completely gutted that ship.
I seriously doubt that they will ever find any remains of any deck hands that were in that part of the ship!
Posted Jan-18-2012 Bygavelwacker (104.48) gavelwacker View Channel Send Message
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video does not work (top one)
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