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November 14, 2012

Prestige skipper blames Spain at oil disaster trial
A Coruna, Spain (AFP) Nov 13, 2012
Ten years after one of Europe's worst oil disasters, the captain of the Prestige tanker blamed Spain for sending his vessel away from the coast and into the stormy Atlantic. Facing trial a decade to the day after his tanker sent an SOS that heralded the biggest oil spill in Spanish history, the 77-year-old Greek skipper criticised the decisions taken by the Spanish authorities. "The ship was cracked and they sent it out to the ocean," said the captain, Apostolos Mangouras. "It was the worst ... read more

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