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Drone footage of the ship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3SyPM9m2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3SyPM9m2U Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.or

by js2 6y ago

Drone footage of the ship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3SyPM9m2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3SyPM9m2U Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wakashio_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wakashio_oil_spill

totetsu 6y ago
Watching some of his other videos, it seems like the boat sat on the rocks for a while before leaking oil. There was a chance to have stopped this.
- js2 6y ago
  Rough seas, and Mauritius doesn't have the resources. The rest of the world is distracted by Covid19. It also seems like the country only requested help from France a few days ago. Yes, it's sad. I'm not clear why the ship was anywhere near the reef.
  - discordance 6y ago
    The tfa says they used a helicopter to remove the remaining 3000 T or so of pull left on the ship. So they had the resources, just not the motivation at the time the ship wasn’t spilling.
    - js2 6y ago
      This later video seems to indicate they don’t have much in the way of resources. I see guys in small fishing boats and a single helicopter dropping two drums at a time. https://youtu.be/CKICk5LY2xg https://youtu.be/CKICk5LY2xg
    - TylerE 6y ago
      No they didn't. You're not visualizing how much 3,000 tonnes is. The classic drum of oil is 42 gallons and weighs 300lbs - just the oil - the actual drum itself is another 40 or so. 3,000T = 20,000 barrels. Of course, the oil in the ship isn't barreled, it's in giant compartments. This ship wasn't even a oil tanker...this is the actual fuel tanks of the ship itself leaking.
  - _ink_ 6y ago
    Rumor says the crew wanted wifi reception.
rectang 6y ago
That particular video was published before the ship started leaking, and has a jarring soundtrack choice (John Williams, the Flying Theme from E.T.). People should check out the other videos in the channel to get a sense of how things have changed.
- js2 6y ago
  Yeah sorry, I didn’t realize there were more recent videos and it’s too late to edit my comment.
  - rectang 6y ago
    It's a gorgeous video! Which is weird and incongruous, lol.
sradman 6y ago
The footage makes it look like the ship ran directly into the island/reef and later buckled (the “crack”) midship as the stern partially sunk. Something must have seriously gone wrong with the navigation system. I’m assuming the accident happened at night; the noise inside the ship as it ground into the reef must have been horrendous.

by js2 6y ago

totetsu 6y ago

Watching some of his other videos, it seems like the boat sat on the rocks for a while before leaking oil. There was a chance to have stopped this.

js2 6y ago
Rough seas, and Mauritius doesn't have the resources. The rest of the world is distracted by Covid19. It also seems like the country only requested help from France a few days ago. Yes, it's sad. I'm not clear why the ship was anywhere near the reef.
- discordance 6y ago
  The tfa says they used a helicopter to remove the remaining 3000 T or so of pull left on the ship. So they had the resources, just not the motivation at the time the ship wasn’t spilling.
  - js2 6y ago
    This later video seems to indicate they don’t have much in the way of resources. I see guys in small fishing boats and a single helicopter dropping two drums at a time. https://youtu.be/CKICk5LY2xg https://youtu.be/CKICk5LY2xg
  - TylerE 6y ago
    No they didn't. You're not visualizing how much 3,000 tonnes is. The classic drum of oil is 42 gallons and weighs 300lbs - just the oil - the actual drum itself is another 40 or so. 3,000T = 20,000 barrels. Of course, the oil in the ship isn't barreled, it's in giant compartments. This ship wasn't even a oil tanker...this is the actual fuel tanks of the ship itself leaking.
- _ink_ 6y ago
  Rumor says the crew wanted wifi reception.

rectang 6y ago

That particular video was published before the ship started leaking, and has a jarring soundtrack choice (John Williams, the Flying Theme from E.T.). People should check out the other videos in the channel to get a sense of how things have changed.

js2 6y ago
Yeah sorry, I didn’t realize there were more recent videos and it’s too late to edit my comment.
- rectang 6y ago
  It's a gorgeous video! Which is weird and incongruous, lol.

sradman 6y ago

The footage makes it look like the ship ran directly into the island/reef and later buckled (the “crack”) midship as the stern partially sunk. Something must have seriously gone wrong with the navigation system. I’m assuming the accident happened at night; the noise inside the ship as it ground into the reef must have been horrendous.