Following the tanker Volgoneft-212, another tanker, Volgoneft-239, sank. His hull was also broken in two after being hit by a wave.
According to the sailors, this is an eternal problem for ships that in the 1990s were transformed from full-fledged tankers into the “river-sea” class. According to statistics, 1,097 people who worked on these “homemade machines” have died over the past 30 years.
Four thousand tons of fuel oil leaked from Volganeft-212 tanks. A huge black spot formed in the sea. Rescuers on tugboats are trying to pull the sailors out of the water. A Mi-8 helicopter from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations flew to the crash site.
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