Efforts to save the stricken ship failed, and after six days ​ — during which close to 20,000 tons of oil had leaked — ​ the tanker finally split in two and sank, some 130 miles [200 km] off the coast of Spain.
इस बीच जहाज़ से तकरीबन 20,000 टन तेल बह गया था । यह दुर्घटना स्पेन के समुद्र - तट से करीब 200 किलोमीटर दूरी पर हुई ।