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Yahoo! News Photo–Philippines-registered container ship Eastern Challenger is seen half submerged after collision with Japanese freighter Tsugaru Maru, off Tateyama, east of Tokyo, April 13…
Notice how there’s no pictures or file photos on Yahoo or Reuters of the Japanese ship that most likely caused this collision and didn’t offer help after the accident. Meh.
UPDATE: Taro knows all…
Two face charges over Tokyo Bay collision
Crisscross – News -Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 16:38 EDT
YOKOHAMA —The Yokosuka Coast Guard Office sent papers to prosecutors Wednesday on the captain of a Filipino vessel and a crew member of a Japanese freighter over the collision of their vessels in Tokyo Bay last week.
Coast guard officials identified them as Gilberto Tolentino, 50, captain of the 6,182-ton Eastern Challenger, and Koichi Chiba, 56, a first officer of the 498-ton Tsugaru Maru. The two men are suspected of professional negligence resulting in the accident ...more….<
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April 13th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
So what happened the the J-ship? Is it the one in the background?
April 13th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
The ship in the background is the Japanese Coast Guard. As far as I can tell, the Japanese ship involved, the Tsugaru Maru, did a hit-and-run.
According to the Mainichi, the 498-ton Tsugaru Maru wacked the 6,182-ton Eastern Challenge and that Philippine freighter completely sank.