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Finland says gas pipeline likely broken by ship dragging anchor (www.reuters.com)

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[-] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 67 points 11 months ago

The NBI on Tuesday said they had established that the NewNew Polar Bear was in fact missing one of its front anchors

That’s a Chinese ship for anyone wondering.

So a ship that passed over the pipeline at roughly the point where they found a broken anchor. And that ship having a small chunk of itself missing and a dangling bit of metal chain where an anchor ought to be.

Those are all good clues as to who might have done it.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

And it was “by accident”. Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

[-] Smirk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hanlon's razor my friend. Till more evidence, they're just fucking idiots.

Edit: I reserved judgement, but after further reading, signs are pointing to sabotage, still, not conclusive.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

You can't possibly drag an anchor on the bottom without noticing.

Even on a large ship, it seems quite weird.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Sponge Bob! /s

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

I mean, it's probably true. But that doesn't mean it wasn't intentional.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

I read that in Patrick’s voice.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

HELSINKI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Damage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline earlier this month is believed to have been caused by a ship dragging a large anchor along the seabed, but it was too early to tell if this was an accident or a deliberate act, Finnish police said on Tuesday.

Broad drag marks were seen on the seabed leading up to where the pipeline was broken, and the anchor was lying immediately after the damage spot.

"The next questions are about whether it was intentional, negligence, poor seamanship, and that's where we get into whether there could be a motive for what's going on," National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) chief Robin Lardot told a press conference.

The NBI on Friday said they were focusing their probe on the Chinese NewNew Polar Bear container vessel that had travelled above the pipeline and the cables at the time of the damage.

The NBI on Tuesday said they had established that the NewNew Polar Bear was in fact missing one of its front anchors, and said they had tried unsuccessfully to contact the ship to ask whether this was the one retrieved in the Gulf of Finland.

In September 2022, the larger Nord Stream pipelines connecting Germany and Russia were damaged by explosions that authorities have said were deliberate acts of sabotage, although it is still unclear who was behind the attack.

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[-] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's been a while since the last time a Mongolian horde took over China.

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