Japanese Cargo Ship Splits In Two Off Mauritius Coast
Crews had already removed thousands of tons of fuel oil from the ship to stave off further harm to the environment. Still, scientists say it's the worst ecological disaster in the country's history.
A Japanese cargo ship that ran aground in late July off the coast of Mauritius has broken in two.
Most of the 4,000 tons of fuel oil and diesel on the ship had already been into the Indian Ocean, endangering coral and marine life, and causing what some ecologists call the worst ecological disaster in the island nation's history.
