An operation is underway to prevent a carrier with 21 people on board from crashing into cliffs south of Sydney after the ship lost power and began drifting. Read more here:
Tug boats are working to prevent a bulk carrier that lost power after departing Wollongong in wild weather from smashing into cliffs at the Royal National Park, south of Sydney.
Police Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell said the 170m vessel, registered in Hong Kong, left Wollongong on Monday morning before it got into trouble about 7.30am. Portland Bay has dropped two anchors and the SL Diamantina tug boat is on the scene attempting to point the bow of the ship out towards the open sea and slow its drift toward the coast.
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