Arrested ship's captain is Russian national

The skipper of a cargo vessel arrested aft a collision with a tanker successful the North Sea is simply a Russian national, the ship's proprietor has told the Reuters quality agency.

Humberside Police said the 59-year-old antheral remained successful custody aft being arrested connected suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter connected Tuesday.

The Portuguese-flagged Solong and the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed disconnected the East Yorkshire seashore astatine astir 10:00 GMT connected Monday.

A missing unit subordinate from the cargo vessel is presumed dormant aft a hunt and rescue cognition was called disconnected precocious connected Monday.

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