Four days after a spectacular collision between two ships in the North Sea, off the English coast, the Russian captain of the container carrier who struck the oil tanker on Friday, March 14.
“The captain of the ship Solong, Vladimir Mottine, 59, from (…) Saint Petersburg, Russia, was charged with manslaughter by serious negligence and placed in police custody, before appearing before the Hull district court ” On Saturday, the Humberside police announced in a statement.
The captain was arrested on Monday after the collision of Solong with the oil tanker STENA IMMACULATEwhich sparked huge fires on the two ships. Of the “In -depth research” were carried out by the coast guard to locate a crew member of the Solong Disappeared, now presumed dead, added the police. He is a 38 -year -old Philippin, according to the prosecutor.
“Complexities of the accident”
The whole crew of STENA IMMACULATE was able to be rescued. The tanker, who had been chartered by the American army, was anchored off Hull, in the northeast of England, at the time of the collision. Police obtained two extensions of police custody Wednesday and Thursday to question the captain due to “Accident complexities”said the Humberside police, citing in particular the location of the two ships.
According to the Russian Embassy in London, quoted by the TASS agency, none of the five crew members of the Solong was not injured. The embassy also said that officials from the Russian consulate had spoken to the captain by phone.
Although the British government has excluded a criminal act, investigators are still looking for the cause of the drama. The shock caused gigantic fires aboard the two boats. They were largely off Thursday evening even if “Little homes” were still reported on the deck of Solongaccording to the coast guard.