With hope of finding the 26 missing crew of the ill-fated Greek bulk carrier the Alexandros T all but abandoned at the weekend, it has emerged that the ship failed a 2003 safety inspection. The inspection by the US Coast Guard found a number of glaring structural and mechanical faults in the 17-year-old, 299-metre-long vessel. It has not yet been established what caused the Alexandros T to break up and sink 300 nautical miles off Port Elizabeth last Wednesday night.
Green Marine
about 20 years ago
Death ship full of structural flaws, failed Coast Guard safety inspection
With hope of finding the 26 missing crew of the ill-fated Greek bulk carrier the Alexandros T all but abandoned at the weekend, it has emerged that the ship failed a 2003 safety inspection. The inspection by the US Coast Guard found a number of glaring structural and mechanical faults in the 17-year
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