The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker, has been found guilty of negligence.
FILE - The Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad takes on water after a collision with the tanker Sola TS, in Oygarden, Norway, Thursday Nov. 8, 2018. The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker, was found guilty of negligence Monday, May 15, 2023, by a Norwegian court.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker in 2018 was found guilty of negligence Monday by a Norwegian court. ”He is disappointed with the outcome,” the lawyer for the 33-year-old officer, Christian Lundin, told Norwegian news agency NTB.
The officer had denied criminal guilt but had acknowledged that he did not do everything right. However, he felt it unfair to be held solely responsible for the shipwreck and said that mistakes were also were made on the tanker and at the maritime traffic center, which was responsible for traffic in the region.
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