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The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
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Ship that carries petroleum
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A Coruña
Municipality in Galicia, Spain
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Aegean Sea tanker oil spill
1992 environmental disaster off the coast of Galicia, Spain
The Aegean Sea tanker oil spill was a spill that occurred on 3 December 1992 when the double-bottomed Greek-flagged oil tanker, Aegean Sea, en route to the Repsol refinery in A Coruña, Spain, suffered an accident off the Galician coast. The ship had successfully passed all…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)