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IRAN HAS SAID that a fresh explosion on a stricken oil tanker was complicating rescue efforts as Japan reported the vessel had drifted into its exclusive economic zone.
“If it had not been for an explosion this morning, maybe the fire would have been extinguished by now,” said Hadi Haghshenas, deputy director for Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation, in an interview with state broadcaster IRIB.
The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, has been in flames since colliding with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai on Saturday.
One body has been found but 31 sailors – mainly Iranians – remain missing with officials in Iran hoping they have found sanctuary on an unaffected part of the vessel.
Haghshenas said a 12-member elite rescue team had been dispatched from Iran but was waiting in Shanghai for conditions that would allow them to land on the vessel.
“The tanker is moving from the site of the accident, which was about 155 miles from Shanghai port, to Japanese waters and right now is about 135 miles from Okinawa Island,” he said.
Japan said it had provided a patrol boat because the tanker was now in its exclusive economic zone, while Iran requested helicopters and planes to help put out the fire.
A Japanese coastguard spokesman said:
We offered support for efforts to deal with the accident but the Chinese side said they will handle the case by themselves.
Iranian officials have criticised China’s rescue efforts, but the Chinese transport ministry said Thursday that “terrible” weather conditions and toxic gases from the burning oil were hindering operations.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told AFP the government had put “a high degree of emphasis on the rescue work” and maintained “a welcoming and open attitude towards other countries coming to participate”.
Haghshenas said two fire emergency consultants from the Netherlands and Germany had also been hired “who are now at the scene giving advice to the Chinese”.
The 21 Chinese crew member of the Crystal, which did not burst into flames, were all rescued.
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“It’s not necessary to censor the news, it’s sufficient to delay the news until it no longer matters” – Napoleon
These 30 year secrecy rules do not serve the interests of the people of Ireland.
They only protect the elites from accountability.
Why do you think they chose 30 years?
Because most politicians are in power in their 50′s and 60′s, and by the time 30 years has elapsed, they’re either too old to be jailed, or dead.
@Franklin Roosevelt:
IF (a big if) the rumours about King Gerry are true it makes one think about the timing of his stepping down.
@Franklin Roosevelt: In any government as in any large business have to have some secrecy…Cant publish every cabinet discussion that day for instance…Or every ministeral email…It would damage trust in the government… 30 years seems ok….
@P.J. Nolan: who is King Gerry? I know of no monarch with that name.
And what are the rumours?
@John003: I’m not asking for that.
But for the big decisions… like what was the correspondence of the government between 2008 and 2010? When Ireland issued a blanket bank guarantee, then forced us to pay a 150 billion debt.
Surely it’s in our interest to know all the details of that? And not wait until 2040 to find out.
And what about the friendship that bankers had with Brian Cowan?
In the 1930′s, when businessmen and politicians colluded, it was called fascism.
@P.J. Nolan: and do you believe these rumours spreaded by a priest?
@John003: time to release the Dublin Monaghan bombing files so
’87 – Cov city won the FA cup
Glad they were able to maintain their form :(
The current car registration system in Ireland started in 1987
I was born 3 years later so i am going to let myself away with that disastrous score.
@Con O’Driscoll: I can’t work out how you were two different ages in the same year…. I’ve tried to do the equation several times and it just doesn’t seem possible. Please inform us mere mortals of your ingenious reasoning!!!
@Paul Linehan: because he was 3 for the first part of the year and 4 after his bday…
@Karen NíDhochartaigh: That makes perfect sense now, thanks Karen….
The Reagan question answer is wrong. Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall was in 1987. Not the answer given in the question
I was at Slane and Bowie that year. It was pretty damn good !!!
@Catherine Sims: Oh, I hated missing it in Slane so much, the Glass Spider tour. But I got to see him play in Wembley that year! I always envied older people who saw him years ago, & never thought he’d hit the road again. It was great to hear him live.
Had my first ciggie in 1987 , puked outside the exam hall lol
8/10 and I only turned 9 that year.
5/10. Hard to believe that more people went to see Three Men and a Baby than Good Morning Vietnam. I doubt those figures.
@Fiona Fitzgerald: it had magnum P.I and Sam from cheers left minding a baby. Definatly the safest movie of the 4 for families at that time. The other 3 are movies that still have appeal to this day, no one of any age or gender could be arsed sitting through 3 men and a baby now.
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