The military aircraft fuel spilled in the North Sea after a cargo ship has been beaten against an oil tanker 'is able to cause considerable toxicity for the life of sea -offs', has warned a professor.
US Oil Tanker Stena Immaculate wore 220,000 barrels of aircraft fuel in 16 separate freight tanks when it was flooded by a huge fireball after the Portuguese ship, Solong, was plowed into it.
Professor Alastair Grant, from the School of Environmental Sciences of the University of East Anglia, warned that the fuel would probably be 'more toxic' as for military purposes.
'So we have the potential about 35,000 tons of aircraft fuel. That is able to cause some significant toxicity for the life of them, “he told De Telegraaf.
Crowley, the maritime company that manages Stena Immaculate, said that it was 'uncertain' how much fuel had been cast in the water ', but the first assessment appears that the effects were limited by exposure to the fire and evaporation of the Jet A1 fuel'.
But Prof Grant said it was wrong to assume that the fuel would all evaporate because it has a higher boiling point, which means that this would happen slowly.
“It contains a maximum of 25 percent aromatic hydrocarbons, which are relatively toxic and slow to break down in the area,” he added.
He said it would spread like a 'thin film' and could float until the coast of Norfolk after a change in wind direction.
It comes when the captain of the cargo ship was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
Tug boats shadows the Solong container ship while it floats in the Humber Estuary – March 11, 2025
An air view such as smoke waves of the MV Solong truck -free ship in the North Sea, off the coast of Yorkshire – March 11, 2025
An aerial photo of the damaged MV Stena Immaculate tanker at Anchor off the coast of Yorkshire in Grimsby – March 11, 2025
A gannet in the flight for the breeding season at the Bempton Cliffs of the RSPB on the coast of East Yorkshire – March 11, 2025
Ernst Ross, the company that owns the Solong, said that the 59-year-old man, who is not mentioned, was 'held by Humberside Police' and 'Actively helps with the research'.
A crew member from the Solong is missing and supposed to be dead because the efforts continue to prevent an environmental disaster in the aftermath of the accident.
Part of the crew barely escaped death when the collision caused fierce fires on both ships on Monday morning, it came up on Tuesday.
Remembering of the terrifying maritime crash and aftermath, a survivor of the Stena Immaculate tanker said: “It was either to be found or burned in your life jacket.”
The 36 survivors recovered in Grimsby hotels and are expected to be interviewed in the coming days by the British authorities and American coast guard officials.
A handful of the American crew of the Stena Immaculate spoke about what happened, but asked for not being identified.
They were so close to the flames when they boarded the lifeboat that some sang her. All survived without serious injury.
A crew member said: 'Yesterday was a bad start to the day, but it ended gloriously. Why? All of us left the ship without anyone in it. '
The captain of the cargo ship was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence after it was hit against an oil tanker (depicted: waving smoke from the MV Solong freight ship)
MV Stena Immaculate exploded in a 'massive fireball' after he was hit by MV Solong, which leaked about 18,000 tonnes of aircraft fuel to the North Sea on 10 March.
US-flagged tanker, MV Stena Immaculate, was hit while at the anchor by the Portugal-flagged container Ship, MV Solong, off the coast of Humber Estuary, Hull
He added that he was “happy to live.”
When asked about his actions immediately after the tanker broke a load of aircraft fuel into flames, he said: “I had time to think. I went through the procedures. Because if I hadn't had time to think, we wouldn't have survived.
'We drilled, we trained, we have prepared for it unprepared. We do non-stop non-stop. Regardless of uncontrollable forces. '
Mariene experts have speculated that the Solong registered by Portuguese – who is now known that he is not very toxic sodium cyanide – was on the autopilot when it had become devastating results in the tanker.
The survivor noticed: 'You have to look at the steering machine. And nobody looks at the steering machine.
'It would be as if you were to sit in a parking lot on Sunday morning, read a newspaper or play with your phone, right? And a car comes on the other side of the parking lot.
“He goes to it, but then he falls asleep or he does something, and the car just goes into the other.
“Who has a mistake? It is clear that they are the fault. That is all I can say. '
Smoke can be seen from the sea while oil on the wearer was on fire on March 10
Stena Immaculate, a ship in the US, reportedly wore aircraft fuel when it collided with another ship
Another American crew member told CBS News how a “solid ship came out of nowhere.”
He said that crew members took essential assets and life jackets before everyone left the lifeboat. The captain was the last person left the ship.
The man described flames on the crew while they went on board the lifeboat and said that some sailors had even sung her because the fire was so close.
Nature organizations and charities close the monitoring of the coastline, birds and marine life on proof of pollution by the ships.
Crowley, the maritime company that manages Stena Immaculate, said it was 220,000 aircraft fuel barrels in 16 separate freight tanks. At least one tank was torn, the company said.
The tanker was contracted to wear fuel for the US Army and was anchored 13 miles off the coast near the Humber Estuary.
The east coast is the home of a large sea bird population, but the hope increased that an important environmental disaster could be avoided because the Solong did not wear very toxic sodium cyanide as feared first.
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said that neither of them would sink and there were plans to save both ships and their cargo.
A rescue ship is depicted on the spot while it tried to shoot the smoldering wreck of the ships with water to extinguish the flames
She said: 'I am reassured to hear instructions from the owners of the ship who suggest that the sodium cyanide containers were empty and that the efforts to confirm this through the Salvors are going.
“I was also happy that I was informed that early indications suggest that both ships are now expected to float and that the Solong can be towed away from the coast, and the storage room can begin.”
Chief Coastguard Pat O'Callaghan said that the counter pollution and the storage team assess the situation and develops a plan that is ready for implementation '.
The Humberside police are conducting a criminal investigation and the Marine Accident Investigation Department separately investigates the cause of the collision.
Detective head inspector Craig Nicholson of the Humberside police said that the man who has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter “is currently in custody, while there are questions going on, and we continue to talk to all those involved to determine the full circumstances of the incident.”
