Le jour où ce pétrolier s'est BRISÉ en deux I LE NAUFRAGE DE L'ERIKA
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"THE ERIKA OIL SINKING" / It is 2:30 p.m. on December 11, 1999. Off the French coast, in the Atlantic Ocean, 300 km from Brest and 400 km from Saint-Nazaire. Aboard the oil tanker Erika, the first mate is worried: he has just discovered three cracks. This is very alarming because the Maltese-flagged vessel is heavily laden: on board are 31,000 tons of fuel oil, the equivalent of 1,000 tanker trucks. But above all, a storm is raging. The sea is raging... As the hours pass, the cracks widen. Adrift in the Atlantic, amidst these waves, the Erika spends a chaotic night. The ship finally breaks apart the next day at 8:00 a.m. The toll is undeniable: 400 km of polluted coastline, 150,000 birds lost, 250,000 tons of waste. What really happened on board? Why couldn't the oil tanker withstand the storm? Why couldn't the oil spill have been prevented? Thanks to ultra-realistic 3D animations and interviews with witnesses, tanker captains, and leading experts, we will relive this tragedy second by second to better understand it.
00:00 - Introduction: The worst French maritime disaster
04:29 - December 7, 1999: Departure from Dunkirk
09:39 - Crossing the Atlantic and hostile weather
13:19 - Entering the treacherous Bay of Biscay
15:19 - First damage: The alarming 15° list
18:30 - Distress call to the CROSS (Regional Operational Surveillance and Rescue Center) and false lull
22:37 - Deck inspection: Cracks discovered
25:28 - Internal rupture: Fuel oil floods the ballast tanks
28:18 - Emergency diversion to the port of Donges
32:38 - Water ingress and structural disintegration
36:05 - Extreme rescue operation by helicopter
37:48 - The ship breaks in two
40:00 - The Abeille Flandre attempts an impossible tow
43:30 - December 13 The Erika sinks in 120 meters of water
45:12 - The oil spill hits the French coast
48:14 - Polmar Plan and volunteer mobilization
49:59 - Underwater mission: Pumping the wreck
52:38 - The landmark trial and the environmental damage
#documentary #society #report
A documentary by Simon VIGUIE
First broadcast: 2019
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Le jour où ce pétrolier s'est BRISÉ en deux I LE NAUFRAGE DE L'ERIKA
100% DOCS - Reportages & Documentaires
6,773 views
"THE ERIKA OIL SINKING" / It is 2:30 p.m. on December 11, 1999. Off the French coast, in the Atlantic Ocean, 300 km from Brest and 400 km from Saint-Nazaire. Aboard the oil tanker Erika, the first mate is worried: he has just discovered three cracks. This is very alarming because the Maltese-flagged vessel is heavily laden: on board are 31,000 tons of fuel oil, the equivalent of 1,000 tanker trucks. But above all, a storm is raging. The sea is raging... As the hours pass, the cracks widen. Adrift in the Atlantic, amidst these waves, the Erika spends a chaotic night. The ship finally breaks apart the next day at 8:00 a.m. The toll is undeniable: 400 km of polluted coastline, 150,000 birds lost, 250,000 tons of waste. What really happened on board? Why couldn't the oil tanker withstand the storm? Why couldn't the oil spill have been prevented? Thanks to ultra-realistic 3D animations and interviews with witnesses, tanker captains, and leading experts, we will relive this tragedy second by second to better understand it.
00:00 - Introduction: The worst French maritime disaster
04:29 - December 7, 1999: Departure from Dunkirk
09:39 - Crossing the Atlantic and hostile weather
13:19 - Entering the treacherous Bay of Biscay
15:19 - First damage: The alarming 15° list
18:30 - Distress call to the CROSS (Regional Operational Surveillance and Rescue Center) and false lull
22:37 - Deck inspection: Cracks discovered
25:28 - Internal rupture: Fuel oil floods the ballast tanks
28:18 - Emergency diversion to the port of Donges
32:38 - Water ingress and structural disintegration
36:05 - Extreme rescue operation by helicopter
37:48 - The ship breaks in two
40:00 - The Abeille Flandre attempts an impossible tow
43:30 - December 13 The Erika sinks in 120 meters of water
45:12 - The oil spill hits the French coast
48:14 - Polmar Plan and volunteer mobilization
49:59 - Underwater mission: Pumping the wreck
52:38 - The landmark trial and the environmental damage
#documentary #society #report
A documentary by Simon VIGUIE
First broadcast: 2019
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