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Salvagers working to repair leak on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

by Associated Press
| September 13, 2020 12:03 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Expert salvagers have begun working on a fire-stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast after an Indian coast guard aircraft sprayed dispersants to contain an oil slick coming from the vessel, the Sri Lankan navy said Friday.

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