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November 2, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Drunk ship crash captain jailed

A sea captain has been jailed for a year after crashing his ship into an unmanned gas platform while drunk, causing up to £10m damage. Zbigniew Krakowski, 56, from Poland, was nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit when the Jork hit the Echo platform off Norfolk on 4 August.

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A sea captain has been jailed for a year after crashing his ship into an unmanned gas platform while drunk, causing up to £10m damage. Zbigniew Krakowski, 56, from Poland, was nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit when the Jork hit the Echo platform off Norfolk on 4 August.

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