Drone footage showed the Solong and the Stena Immaculate floating in the North Sea after their collision.
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The Stena Immaculate was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel for the US air force when it was struck while stationary by the German-owned Solong on Monday morning. Speaking in the House of Commons, the UK maritime and aviation minister, Mike Kane, said the coastguard expected that the Solong would sink
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