IVORY COAST: OIL RIG BOUND FOR ISRAEL IN ABIDJAN AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY POSSIBLE SABOTAGE

Record ID: 183267

  • Title: IVORY COAST: OIL RIG BOUND FOR ISRAEL IN ABIDJAN AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY POSSIBLE SABOTAGE
  • Date: 24th March 1970
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN ACROSS RIVER TO OIL PLATFORM 0.11 2. SCU BASE OF PLATFORM 0.16 3. LV PLATFORM ACROSS RIVER 0.22 4. GV ACROSS RIVER TO PLATFORMS 0.29 5. SV MAN LOOKING ACROSS RIVER TOWARDS PLATFORM 0.38 6. GV PLATFORM ACROSS RIVER ZOOM IN TO RIG 0.48 Initials JB/VS/AS/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserve
  • Embargoed: 8th April 1970 13:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA7YHJ8PUSYTNQYCEC66UHGYI7F
  • Story Text: AN OIL RIG BEING TOWED AROUND AFRICA TO ISRAEL HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY EXPLOSIONS IN ABIDJAN HARBOUR, IVORY COAST.

    SEVERAL FROGMEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ARAB COMMANDOS, WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ATTACHED MINES TO THE HULL OF THE RIG.

    THE CANADIAN-BUILT RIG WAS NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY THE EXPLOSIONS WHICH OCCURRED EARLY ON THE MORNING OF THE 8TH OF MARCH.

    FISHERMEN SETTING OUT IN THEIR BOATS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE SURPRISED SEVERAL FROGMEN NEAR THE RIG. THE FROGMEN ESCAPED LEAVING BEHIND SOME OF THEIR GEAR. REPORTS WHICH HAVE JUST COME FROM ABIDJAN REVEALING THE DAMAGE TO THE RIG SAY THAT THE FROGMEN MAY HAVE BEEN EGYPTIANS.

    THE RIG LEFT THREE DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT BUT LATER PUT INTO TEMA HARBOUR, IN GHANA. IT IS SOUND FOR THE GULF OF AQUABA.

    SOME REPORTS CLAIMED THAT ARAB INTELLIGENCE SERVICES WERE FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE RIG AND THAT MORE SABOTAGE ATTEMPTS COULD BE EXPECTED.
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