“Mayday, mayday, mayday.” A radio recording released by the Coast Guard established the moment an officer sent a distress call to the base. “Approximately two and half miles west of Barbers Point Harbor,” the officer said, “vessel appears to have started to sink.”
The mayday call came after the pilot of the towing vessel Nalani called the Coast Guard at 3:13 p.m. HST to report their ship was flooding and could sink.
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He said the fuel “most likely will naturally dissipate” but the full environmental impact has yet to be determined.
