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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m.
Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling her cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24 March 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, captained by Joseph Hazelwood and First Mate James Kunkel, [3] and bound for Long Beach, California, the vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef, resulting in the second largest oil ...
Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood (September 24, 1946 – c. July 22, 2022) was an American sailor.He was the captain of Exxon Valdez during her 1989 oil spill.He was accused of being intoxicated which contributed to the disaster, but was cleared of this charge at his 1990 trial after witnesses testified that he was sober around the time of the accident.
The first was the crash of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989. ... The Exxon Valdez incident ignited a fervent obsession with safety and risk, Coll reports ...
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska.It was the worst oil spill of its time, releasing over 11 million US gallons (260,000 bbl; 42,000 m 3) of crude oil onto the Alaskan shoreline.
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People run away as the second tower of World Trade Center crumbles down after a plane hit the building September 11, 2001, in New York City. ... The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked ...
March 24, 1989 – The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska. December 31, 2012 – Offshore drilling rig breaks loose from tow, 18 evacuated [2] 2016–2017 Cook Inlet natural gas leak; April 14, 2017 - A BP well leaked oil & gas from the North Slope for 3 days. [3]