Overview
- Detectives played CCTV, mobile clips and audio of the 9:47am impact, with alarms blaring and a radio call to the tanker heard about a minute after the crash.
- Captain Vladimir Motin was the sole officer on watch with the Solong on autopilot at about 16 knots, and the defense says he tried unsuccessfully to disengage autopilot roughly one nautical mile from the tanker.
- Prosecutors argue the death of crewman Mark Angelo Pernia was entirely avoidable and say the bridge navigation watch alarm system had been switched off.
- The anchored Stena Immaculate carried more than 220,000 barrels of Jet A1 fuel that fed the blaze, while the Solong transported spirits and some hazardous materials; crew abandoned ship after failing to find Pernia, whose body remains missing.
- Mr Justice Baker discharged a juror for inattentiveness, the defendant denies gross negligence manslaughter, and proceedings at the Old Bailey continue.