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Where Were You?

Series 1 Episode 22: VLCC Amoco Cadiz

On March 16, 1978 the tanker VLCC was hit by a massive storm and broke in two, spilling enormous amounts of oil into the ocean, causing a slick that ran for kilometres along coastline, threatening hundreds of species of marine and plant life.