A tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel capsized off the coast of Philippines, leading to one casualty and a vast oil spill, local authorities said Thursday.
The vessel had departed Limay and was bound for fellow Philippines' port of Iloilo, according to data from MarineTraffic.com.
The Coast Guard said it is now addressing the oil spill and intends to finish siphoning the fuel from the sunken tanker to prevent further spreading within seven days.
The Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Command separately alerted that it had deployed air assets on a search-and-rescue mission to the sunken tanker.
The Philippines-flagged tanker MT Princess Empress suffered engine troubles in rough seas and sank with its load of 800,000 litres of industrial fuel oil off the central Oriental Mindoro province.
Persons:
Armando Balilo, Gavan, Balilo, Gaemi, Carina —, Bongbong Marcos
Organizations:
country's Cost Guard, Authorities, Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Command, Metro Manila Council, Philippines, Bataan, Terra Nova
Locations:
Philippines, Philippine, Limay, Bataan, Iloilo, Manila, Taiwan, Mindoro