Divers have managed to stop fuel leaking from a ship that s beached off the coast of gibraltar after colliding with an lng tanker. the hull of the 0535 broke off and started leaking fuel. james neish from the bbc s interactive unit, who sjust returned from gibraltar, says it s a race against time to pump the fuel out of the sinking ship. it has about 500 tonnes of fuel on board. interestingly, this is not cargo, this is fuel for its own engines and consumption. that means this sinking vessel is not double hulled, because it is not transporting fuel. so the fear is that if the ship breaks apart, there are concerns it might break in two because of the strain of tide water, of the collision. if the tank breaks, hundreds of litres would spill to the coast of morocco and up the coast of spain.
Hungry, she says. we re not getting any food, why is no one helping us? the water is coming from all sides from the overflowing indus river and the mountains in the north, and in the middle of it all are people growing more desperate by the day. pumza fihlani, bbc news, dadu. divers have managed to stop fuel leaking from a ship that s beached off the coast of gibraltar after colliding with an lng tanker. the hull of the 0s35 broke off and started leaking fuel. the gibraltar port authority and spanish marine rescue crews are trying to skim the fuel that escaped. james neish from the bbc s interactive unit hasjust returned from gibraltar, and hejoins me now. so what is the situation? this is a race against so what is the situation? this is a race against time - so what is the situation? ti 3 is a race against time to pump fuel from the sinking ship. it has about 500 tonnes of fuel on board. interestingly, this is
Not confirmed whether the launch led to that groundstop, but says no americans were in danger. the faa says it is reviewing it all. david? gio benitez, who covers transportation for us. thank you, gio. and tonight, the stunning images. the medical helicopter going down in suburban philadelphia, with an infant onboard, medical staff, too. tonight, that pilot is being hailed as a hero, navigating 3wi8dings and power lines, landing on its side, right outside a church. we ve learned the baby and three crew members onboard all survived, all are getting medical care tonight. and here s erielle reshef. reporter: tonight, the pilot of this medical helicopter pulling off a, quote, miracle landing, after the aircraft suddenly dropped from the sky, narrowly missing a church in suburban philadelphia. pie lot s possibly unconscious. use caution, there s fuel leaking. reporter: rescue crews rushing to the scene, helping pull an infant patient and all three crew members from the wreckage. none with life-threatening injuries. the lifenet medical flight taking off around 1:00 p.m. tuesday from chambersburg,
Job. it will take probably a couple of weeks to do it. would there be environmental concerns? well, you re always concerned about any kind of fuel leakage, and particularly, as i say, there s 4,000-plus vehicles inside. all of them have a small amount of gasoline. but i think the point is no one has seen any fuel leaking from the vessel, which would indicate it didn t hit anything. whatever happened happened quickly and happened internally. peter goelz, r y many thanks, ana. now to the bahamas where this weekend recovery workers are finding the bodies of more people killed by hurricane dorian. the official death toll now 44 people, but the search is far from over, and the whereabouts of hundreds of people are still unknown. cnn s patrick oppmann talked to survivors who decided to ride out this killer hurricane and now regret it.
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