| Corsica. Land's End's tanks to be emptied |
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| Monday, 15 August 2005 | |
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Marian Martin An operation to pump diesel from the tanks of the sunken megayacht Land's End could begin on Wednesday. The Bastia office of TMI Europe, a company specialising in environmental protection, will move equipment into the zone tomorrow and, weather permitting, will start pumping out the 70 tonnes of fuel the next day. The fuel will be pumped into the Marine Nationale's De-pollution vessel Ailette. Corsica. Fuel being pumped from the Land's End Marian Martin The Bastia division of environmental experts TMI Europe started to pump diesel from the sunken yacht Land's End this afternoon. The fuel is being pumped into a barge situated above the reef, which will transfer it to the depollution vessel Ailette. The sLand's End story as it has unfolded: Holed megayacht threatens Corsican beach August 10 Tug standing by stricken megayacht August 10 Captain in second megayacht sinking August 10 Land's End holed in four places August 11 Land's End salvage contract signed August 12 Land's End sinks completely August 12 Captain Jones charged August 12 French naval divers to assess sunken megayacht August 13 Land's End tanks to be pumped out August 15 Land's End Captain was Designated Person Ashore says Gaspard YachtsAugust 16 First officer on bridge says Land's End Captain; pumping tests successful; MAIB preliminaryAugust 16 Fuel being pumped from the Land's EndAugust 16 View pictures of the Land's End |
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