The extent of the oil spill from the sunken Motor Tanker Princess Empress is almost the same size as Quezon City, according to the satellite image from the Philippine Space Agency.
According to Jun Veneracion reported on "24 Oras," from March 3 to March 8 monitoring showed that the area of the oil spill was only 1 to 13 square kilometers.
A few days after the MT Princess Empress sank on February 28, the oil from the vessel was heading in the direction of the coastal towns of Pola. But by March 23, the direction changed from Northwest from Southwest.“Mas mahirap din po i-contain ang daming pinuntahan ng oil so hindi po sya localized lamang na isahang sweep eh ma contain na natin,” Dr. Perez.
“Doon sa original 822 thousand liters, vina-validate pa naman, close to 400 na lang natitirang langis sa barko,” said PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armando Balilo.
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