A 59 -year -old man was arrested on suspicion of severe negligence after confirming that the only missing crew was found dead. The Portuguese freighter Solong “came out of nowhere” – but did not bring highly toxic cyanide, guarantees owner.
British police set a man on Tuesday for suspected involuntary homicide While looking for answers about why a Portuguese flag cargo ship shocked with an American oil tanker in the North Sea.
Humberside police said the 59 -year -old man was arrested “on suspicion of involuntary murder for serious neglect in connection with the collision ”. The man, who was not identified by the police, has not been accused so far of any crime.
The UK authorities were investigating the damage caused in birds and marine life after a tank aviation fuel was spilled in the North Sea, when the Solong-contained port-containers registered in Madeira, the US flag oil tanker MV Stenulate, who was moved on Monday.
Hours before, the British government had dismissed the scenario of criminal activity as a cause of the ships collision. A spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Strmer had rejected the possibility of criminal activity, saying that there was “no reason to believe” that the attack was this nature, after the British Maritime Secretary, Mike Kane, informed that the crew meant after the northern collision was collision. dead.
A total of 36 people were rescued and brought to land, and one of them taken to the hospital after the collision.
Solong “came out of nowhere.” Dona denies the presence of sodium cyanide
On the morning of Monday, Solong will have “emerged out of nowhere”, As a crew member reported, causing the accident that caused the two vessels to start burning off the United Kingdom coast in the waters of the North Sea.
The owner of Solong denied that the containers transport sodium cyanideone highly toxic substance In contact with water, which could lead to a natural disaster of large proportions.
British Housing Secretary Matthew Pennycook told Times Radio that US and Portugal authorities were leading the investigationsince the two ships raised the flags of these countries.
Despite the guarantees of the Solong holder, environmental organization Greenpeace said it was “extremely concerned” with “the multiple toxic risks that other chemists” may represent for marine life. “
“O kerosene that entered the water near a place of reproduction of the rose dolphins It is toxic for fish and other sea creatures“Said Paul Johnston, a scientist at Greenpeace’s research laboratories at the University of Exeter.
