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River cruise ship caused oil spill
In the late evening of April 27, 2019, the "Amadante" pilt about three tons diesel fuel into the Rhine. Initially the police talked of 20 tons. The accident happened during pumping of fuel from one tank into another. As no leakage had occurred, the ship with 180 passengers on board could continue the voyage from Basel towards Nurenberg in the morning of April 28. A surveillance aircraft of the police detected an oil film of 28 kilometers length on the Rhine which was unrecoverable and drifted towards Koblenz. The water police Mainz launched an investigation.
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