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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai court has found that a peroxide mishandled cargo ship caused an explosion in the city-state's busy Jebel Ali port in 2021. did. state-run newspaper reported on Thursday.
A misdemeanor court in Dubai sentenced her five crew members, who were on board the ship, to one month's suspended prison term and fined them 100,000 dirhams ($27,225). imposed. English newspaper The National.
Five other companies also fined him 100,000 dirhams each for their role in the blast, the paper said. Peroxide said she arrived at the port from China on June 27 and he had been exposed to direct sunlight for 12 days until the day of the incident.
According to newspaper reports, the ship's Indian captain pleaded not guilty. The other four crew members charged were from Pakistan. Prosecutors also said he injured five people in the blast, although authorities claimed at the time that no one was hurt.
The explosion on July 7, 2021 sent shockwaves through the city of Dubai, shaking walls and windows in an area 25 kilometers (15 miles) away from the port. Residents filmed flaming balls lighting up the night sky from skyscrapers. The blast was so powerful that it could be seen by satellite from space.
Her one of the busiest ports in the Middle East, Jebel Ali Port is also the busiest port of call for American warships outside the United States.
