The wreck holds 1,400 tonnes of explosives which could detonate.
Hidden below the Thames is one of London's most unlikely tourist destinations.
The ship is decaying and if the cargo explodes, a huge tidal wave could blast towards the Kent and Essex shorelines and onwards towards the capital.increased interest in trips to see the masts of the SS Montgomery. The Department for Transport wants to trim the masts as it is feared they could fall on to the boat below and cause a detonation. Businesses have been told the masts will go in June.
Professor David Alexander, from University College London, is an expert in risk and disaster reduction and has studied the SS Montgomery in detail. The risk to nearby infrastructure could be on the scale of "a minor tsunami" in the worst case scenario, he said.If the cargo explodes, there could be a minor tsunami, according to one expert in risk management
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