Oil tanker sinks off Manila

Safe and sound: Rescued crew of oil tanker ‘MT Terra Nova’ receiving first aid aboard Coast Guard ship ‘Melchora Aquino’ off Manila Bay. — AFP

A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill.

The MT Terra Nova was heading for the central city of Iloilo when it capsized in Manila Bay, nearly 7km off Limay municipality in Bataan province, near the capital, in the early hours of yesterday.