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Divers Attempt To Reach Sunken Philippine Oil Tanker

The coast guard has warned that if the entire cargo leaked it would be an 'environmental catastrophe' and the worst oil spill in the Philippine history (Credit: AFP)

Divers will attempt Saturday to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race to avert an ecological catastrophe, the coast guard said.

The MT Terra Nova sank in bad weather in the busy waterway early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country potentially facing its worst oil spill disaster.

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