July 19, 1979: Oil Tankers Collide
Jul 19, 2020•14 min•Ep. 327
Episode description
On this day in 1979, the Very Large Crude Carrier Atlantic Empress collided with another VLCC, the Aegean Captain. The wreckage spewed roughly 280,000 tons of oil into the Caribbean Sea.
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