Mauritius oil spill: Captain and first officer get 20-month jail terms
By DW
28 December 2021 |
1:02 pm
Captain Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar admitted he had been drinking alcohol as cargo ship Wakashio ran aground in July 2020, spilling more than 1,000 tons of fuel into the Indian Ocean.
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