Almost 4,000 luxury vehicles like Porsches, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, and Volkswagen alongside a few very good quality electric vehicles have sunk on board a freight transport in the Atlantic that burst into flames a month ago.
Felicity Ace ship was conveying both electric and non-electric vehicles, and a fire broke out on the ship as it was venturing out from Germany to the US, reports Insider.
While it’s hazy precisely which lit the fire, skipper Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas said lithium-particle batteries in EVs on board the ship burst into flames. A rescue group had the option to board the ship in the course of the last end of the week however without any result.
The ship the executives organization, MOL Ship Management Singapore, said the ship sank around 253 miles off the bank of the Azores, an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic that is an independent district of Portugal.
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Every one of the 22 group individuals were emptied from the ship and were protected.
“The 22 group individuals didn’t require clinical help on appearance, having been taken to a neighborhood lodging. The proprietor of the ship ‘Felicity Ace’ is in touch with the strategic specialist to draw up an arrangement for the towing of the ship,” the naval force had said.
Joao Mendes Cabecas, the chief of the closest port on the island of Faial, let Reuters know that no oil spill had been accounted for up to this point however said there were fears the gas tanks could be harmed while the vessel lies at the lower part of the Atlantic at a profundity of around 3,500 meters (2.17 miles).
Portugal’s naval force said nobody was wounded by the fire and that the 22 group individuals were taken to a lodging after the naval force, four vendor ships cruising nearby and the Portuguese Air Force finished the clearing.
Volkswagen said the harm to the vehicles was covered by protection which could cost around $155m (£116m) as indicated by Reuters.
Bentley affirmed that 189 of its vehicles were locally available the boat and Porsche said it had around 1,100 of its models installed.
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