The captain of the cargo ship that was hit against an oil tanker has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence.
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 yesterday.
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.
The captain of the cargo ship was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after it was hit against an oil tanker yesterday (depicted: waving smoke from the MV Solong freight ship)
MV Stena Immaculate exploded in a 'massive fireball' after he was hit by MV Solong, yesterday leak about 18,000 tons of aircraft fuel in the North Sea
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
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. '
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.”
