Stolt-Skua

A sailor died 20 miles off the Norfolk coast after entering a ship’s cargo tank unauthorised while the atmosphere was still toxic and lacking in oxygen, an inquest heard. Ordinary seaman Ryane Palabrica was cleaning pyrolosis gasoline tanks on board a Stolt Skua when he entered the tank, which required the air in the tanks to be tested to ensure oxygen levels were sufficient for entry and permission given by the ship’s chief officer. His colleagues found the 26-year-old Filipino, who lived in Dingle, Iloilo, Philippines, lying on the first step in the tank on April 15, 2012, and he was airlifted to the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston but did not survive. Read more at http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/sailor_broke_rules_and_suffocated_in_ship_s_cargo_tank_off_norfolk_coast_1_2960637