Video: AIS Animation Shows Collision Between Oil Tanker as well as Norwegian Frigate
Check out this an AIS computer animation listed below revealing Thursday’s crash in between an oil vessel as well as a Norwegian frigate happening in the Hjeltefjorden arm on the west coastline of Norway.
As you can see, the vessel Sola TS had actually simply left an incurable with a companion yank together with when it rammed the KNM Helge Ingstad, recognized in the video clip as NATO BATTLESHIP F313, at around 0400 neighborhood time.
You can see the battleship appear in the video clip around the 20-second mark, showing that it was not transferring AIS at the time of the crash as well as most likely activated its AIS soon complying with the crash.
The crash led to a huge wound on the starboard side of the battleship, creating it to tackle water. Due to the damages as well as water access, the ship was purposefully based as well as team left.
The vessel, on the other hand, just endured just small damages to its bow.
Only 8 small injuries have actually been reported.
Photos of the damages to the KNM Helge Ingstad after its crash with a vessel in a Norwegian arm. Credit: @Forsvaret_no pic.twitter.com/ELd0DESPg7
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The Norwegian Armed Forces are presently functioning the Norwegian Coastal Authority to react to the occurrence, which currently concentrates on the cleaning of oil as well as stablizing the battleship.
The KNM Helge Ingstad was returning from NATO-led workout called Trident Juncture 2018 when the crash took place.
The vessel had actually simply left Equinor’s Sture oil terminal with a freight of crude. Reports show a pilot was onboard.
The computer animation was recreated by Genscape VesselTracker making use of automated recognition system (AIS) information.