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Fuel Tanker Disaster
Aired November 19, 2002 - 14:08 ET
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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: A massive disaster in the making along the northwest coast of Spain. Authorities scramble to protect their shores after a tanker broke up and sank 130 miles off the coast. Fuels spewed for six days from the crippled vessel before it went down today. The spill threatens marine life and countless seabirds.
CNN's Al Goodman has been covering this disaster. He joins us once again live.
Is the weather helping or hurting, Al, at this point?
AL GOODMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The weather is probably not helping in this part of northwestern Spain. We are on what is known as the Coast of Death, Martin, because this area has bedeviled and stymied ship captains for centuries. And the latest victim may be the Prestige, which is now sitting at the bottom of the ocean more than 100 miles from where we're standing here in this fishing village of Camarinas (ph).
Now, as night has fallen here in Spain, the questions are mounting. The key question is how much of the oil, approximately 70,000 tons of very thick, gooey fuel oil aboard this ship as it went down today, how much has leaked out, and how much has remained in the cargo holds intact? Because the answer to that question will say how bad this environmental problem is going to be for Spain's northwest coast.
Now, Spain, Martin, already got a taste of this problem last week when this ship started to leak. It was near the coast at the time. A small amount of oil leaked out, and just that amount affected more than 100 miles, or 200 kilometers of the coastline.
So, Spaniards are bracing for the worst -- Martin.
SAVIDGE: Al Goodman, thanks very much for that live update.
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Aired November 19, 2002 - 14:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: A massive disaster in the making along the northwest coast of Spain. Authorities scramble to protect their shores after a tanker broke up and sank 130 miles off the coast. Fuels spewed for six days from the crippled vessel before it went down today. The spill threatens marine life and countless seabirds.
CNN's Al Goodman has been covering this disaster. He joins us once again live.
Is the weather helping or hurting, Al, at this point?
AL GOODMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The weather is probably not helping in this part of northwestern Spain. We are on what is known as the Coast of Death, Martin, because this area has bedeviled and stymied ship captains for centuries. And the latest victim may be the Prestige, which is now sitting at the bottom of the ocean more than 100 miles from where we're standing here in this fishing village of Camarinas (ph).
Now, as night has fallen here in Spain, the questions are mounting. The key question is how much of the oil, approximately 70,000 tons of very thick, gooey fuel oil aboard this ship as it went down today, how much has leaked out, and how much has remained in the cargo holds intact? Because the answer to that question will say how bad this environmental problem is going to be for Spain's northwest coast.
Now, Spain, Martin, already got a taste of this problem last week when this ship started to leak. It was near the coast at the time. A small amount of oil leaked out, and just that amount affected more than 100 miles, or 200 kilometers of the coastline.
So, Spaniards are bracing for the worst -- Martin.
SAVIDGE: Al Goodman, thanks very much for that live update.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
