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the ship aft portion is now touching water at the depth of 21 metres. the forward area remains afloat with smoke coming out of some cargo holds. sri lanka president last night ordered the authorities to tow the ship into the deep sea after the navy and indian coastguard extinguished the fire in a 13 day mission. tuesday morning, with the help of sri lankan navy, they started to tow the ship into the deep sea. with the rough sea conditions, the operation had to stop, with the aft hitting the sea bed. there are some signs of an oil leak in the area, and the sinking would be a major disaster as this has tonnes of nitric acid and other undisclosed chemicals in it. the ship is known to be carrying

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