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Sea captain found guilty of killing crew member in North Sea crash with US oil tanker
Captain Vladimir Motin failed to act despite the anchored tanker being visible on radar for 36 minutes, causing a fatal fire that killed one crew member and damaged both vessels.
- On 10 March last year, Vladimir Motin, the Solong's captain, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the ship collided with the anchored Stena Immaculate.
- Motin had been on sole watch while the Stena Immaculate was visible on the Solong's radar for 36 minutes, yet he switched off the BNWAS and took no avoiding action.
- Technical evidence revealed that prosecutors said Motin pressed the wrong button exiting autopilot while the Solong, 130 metres long, 7,852 gross tonnes, departed Grangemouth at 9.05pm on March 9.
- The Crown Prosecution Service said Motin appeared emotionless as he was remanded to be sentenced on Thursday, with prosecutors calling his failures `exceptionally bad, they amount to gross negligence`.
- The crash left Solong crew member Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, dead, leaving a five-year-old child and a second born two months later, while hazardous cargo raised environmental risk, prosecutors said.
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Russian cargo ship captain is found guilty over North Sea tanker crash death
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