UK police extend detention of North Sea crash captain
2 years agoA photograph taken on March 12, 2025 shows the MV Stena Immaculate tanker at anchor in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, after it was hit by the MV Solong container vessel on March 10. The arrested captain of a cargo ship that hit a stationary tanker in the North Sea causing a huge blaze is a Russian national, the ship's owner told AFP. UK police arrested a man after the Solong cargo ship, owned by Ernst Russ, slammed into the US-flagged Stena Immaculate on March 10, leaving one crew member missing presumed dead. Ernst Russ said the man detained by Humberside police was the captain of the Portuguese-flagged Solong. (Photo by AFP)
UK police Friday again extended the detention of the captain of a cargo ship that struck a tanker in the North Sea, citing the "complexities" of the case. The Russian…
