Red eyes and black beaches: How the Sea Empress disaster left its mark A major oil spill which killed thousands of birds is still being debated, three decades later.

“More than 70,000 tonnes - or 32 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth - of oil had spilled into the sea, affecting an estimated 200km (124 miles) of coastline”.

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