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Breaking News --Tanker Explodes, Sinks Off Virginia Coast

#1 Postby stormchazer » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:23 pm

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — A tanker carrying industrial ethanol exploded and sank about 50 miles off the Virginia coast Saturday night, the Coast Guard said.

The 570-foot tanker was traveling from New York to Houston when it called in a mayday to the Coast Guard just after 6 p.m., saying there had been an explosion on board, Petty Officer Stacey Pardini of the Coast Guard Atlantic area in Portsmouth said.

At least two crewmembers died and six others were taken to hospitals in Maryland and Virginia, she said. The extent of their injuries was not immediately available.

Three helicopters, three Coast Guard boats and a C-130 plane from Eliuzabeth City, N.C., were searching for other survivors.
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#2 Postby Josephine96 » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:28 pm

Uh oh :eek: Not cool.. Everytime I hear explosions my post 9/11 red flag goes up even though I'm sure it wasn't terrorist related...

Saying prayers for the families :wink:
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#3 Postby wx247 » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:33 pm

fox says there were 27 people on board...
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#4 Postby rainstorm » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:40 pm

awful.
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#5 Postby nystate » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:53 pm

Terrible. My condolences to the families of those lost... :(

What kind of effect would ethanol have on the enviornment?
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#6 Postby BEER980 » Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:40 am

A terrorist wouldn't blow a tanker ship like that up 50 miles off the coast because it would have little effect on us. Now if they gave a warning and one blew up that would be different. On the other hand it could have been a test to see how large an explosion an attack would get.
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