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Days After Oil Tanker Sinks, Large Slicks Observed In East China Sea

Chinese authorities say they've found the Iranian tanker that sank Sunday after a collision and several explosions. The incident left the crew presumed dead — and released two miles-long oil slicks.

Days after an Iranian tanker sank off the coast of China, succumbing to and several explosions, satellites are taking note of what the tanker left behind: several large oil slicks, stretching for miles

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