The pilot has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for oil spill in Mauritius | Natural Issues

The magistrate said the captain and deputy commander were ‘unresponsive and did not deliver as they should’.

A Mauritian court has sentenced a pilot and a 20-month prison sentence to a 20-year-old freight forwarder. fell on coral reefs last year, causing the Indian Ocean island to be the most dangerous natural disaster.

Judge Ida Doohy Rambarrun said Monday the court reconsidered “that all the accused had confessed and apologized”.

The MV Wakashio, Japanese submarine, with the Panama flag, crashed in July 2020. waste fat burning in the clear waters of Mauritius, mangrove swamps, corals and other fragile ecosystems.

The pilot, who was sentenced by a court in the capital, Port Louis, last week, admitted to drinking alcohol during a party.

Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar and first Hitihanillage sub-chief Subhoda Janendra Tilakaratna were found guilty of “endangering safe travel”.

“The captain and his deputy were reckless and did not act the way they did in their ‘maritime operations’,” the judge said Monday.

The MV Wakashio submarine sailed from Singapore to Brazil with 3,800 tons of fossil fuels and 200 tons of diesel as it boarded offshore off southeast Mauritius.

More than 1,000 tons of oil plunged into the aquatic environment from the danger of the boat before releasing the remaining oil.

The accident took place near two of the most difficult areas: Blue Bay, known for its coral plantations, and Pointe D’Esny, which has mangrove forests – an important natural resource and tool to combat global warming.

A few days after the disaster, many volunteers were walking along the beach wearing rubber boots and gloves, throwing stones, and tying ropes for the floodwaters.

Thousands of people also took to the streets in the coming months in protest of the government’s protest efforts.