Ship split in half - GIF

Cargo ship Crimson Polaris split in half off the coast of Aomori, Japan.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...019#post187425
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...4656#post80329
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...910#post137440
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3873#post78899

Where's that oil eating bacteria when you need it!

Why did it split? There seems to have been a division line right at the break, the bigger section appears to be sealed.

Ralph

The ship ran aground while sailing inside a northern Japanese port. It managed to free itself from the seabed, but suffered a crack which widen and eventually splits in two parts. The ship's forward has several watertight cargo holds and is still floating but held by an anchor chain.