CHINA has admitted for the first time that Hong Kong-flagged 1,620-TEU Newnew Polar Bear is responsible for the damage inflicted to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline in October, reports Newsweek
CHINA has admitted for the first time that Hong Kong-flagged 1,620-TEU Newnew Polar Bear is responsible for the damage inflicted to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline in October, reports Newsweek. An official investigation into the incident has determined it was an accident, reported Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.
The Baltic connector gas pipeline was closed on October 8 after pressure quickly fell, alerting the operator to the leak. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said an 'external activity' was behind the breach to the Finland-Estonia link, as well as damage to two telecom cables.
Chinese authorities have acknowledged it accidentally damaged a Baltic Sea pipeline connecting Estonia and Finland in October.
Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) recovered a six-ton anchor nearby and identified the 554-foot Newnew Polar Bear as the likely culprit.
The document 'can't be used as evidence in an Estonian criminal investigation,' said the Estonian prosecutor's office.
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