Efforts to save the stricken ship failed, and after six days during which close to 20,000 tons of oil had leaked the tanker finally split in two and sank, some 130 miles 200 km off the coast of Spain
बुडालेल्या जहाजात ५०,००० टनांहून अधिक तेल होते आणि त्याच्या सांगाड्यातून प्रती दिवशी १२५ टन तेल गळत राहिले.