Friday, 9. November 2007
Topic: NEWS english - on November 9, 2007 at 11:56:00 AM CET
Ship crashes into Bay Bridge tower, spills fuel oil
An 810-foot-long container ship crashed into the base of a tower of the Bay Bridge's western span in heavy fog Wednesday, spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay.
It was the first time in memory that an oceangoing ship had run into the bridge. There was no apparent major damage to the span, but the hull of Hanjin Shipping's 65,131-ton Cosco Busan was ripped.
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