chemical tanker Sinking

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A crew has been rescued after a chemical tanker collided with a bulk carrier in the English Channel.
Coastguard helicopters and lifeboats rescued 22 people from the ships and took them to a hospital in Guernsey.
The 11,000 tonne tanker, thought to be carrying dangerous phosphoric acid, is now thought to be in danger of sinking. The bulk carrier is only slightly damaged and no one is believed to be injured. The crash happened 35 miles north of the channel islands.

Guernsey oyster farmer and marine biologist Mark Dravers said the phospheric acid could actually benefit the marine environment.
He said: "It is one of the fertilisers we use in the medium for growing algae.
"The effect could be to fertilise the English Channel and benefit all our scallops. "There could be some acidity around the ship, but generally I don't think there's anything to worry about from an environmental point of view."