A 4,500-tonne ship adrift in the North Sea today miraculously missed two gas platforms.
The Vindo, broke down yesterday afternoon in bad weather laden with 4,200 tonnes of fertiliser onboard and was drifting towards the Murdoch gas platform, 75 miles off the Lincolnshire coast.
But the crew managed to start the Vindo's engines just a mile away from the platform and avoid a collision.
The Vindothen lost power, however, and began drifting towards a second platform.
The ship avoided that platform by 700 yards, the Coast Guard said.
The Vindois now drifting in open sea and will be rescued by a tug boat and towed to port.
PA
