The tanker leaked 78,920 barrels of oil into South Korea's western waters, jeopardizing the ecosystem and blackening beaches.
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South Korean: Captains of Barge Caused Oil Spill Arrested
The South Korean captains of a barge have been arrested on charges of causing the accident
The South Korean captains of a barge have been arrested on charges of causing the accident that led to South Korea's worst-ever oil spill, a coast guard official said Tuesday.
The Dec. 7 a wire linking the barge and tugboat was cut in high winds, and barge slammed into a Hong Kong-registered supertanker.
The tanker leaked 78,920 barrels of oil into South Korea's western waters, jeopardizing the ecosystem and blackening beaches.
The spill was nearly a third of the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that sent 260,000 barrels of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.
The tanker leaked 78,920 barrels of oil into South Korea's western waters, jeopardizing the ecosystem and blackening beaches.
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