Luxury yacht runs aground in Maui, pumps diesel into water
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Luxury yacht runs aground in Maui, pumps diesel into water

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — A luxury yacht that ran aground in waters off the Hawaiian island of Maui accidentally pumped diesel fuel into the ocean after a failed attempt to remove it Tuesday, its owner said. Jim Jones told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that seawater entered the engine room of the 94-foot yacht, which made the ship’s bilges pump out diesel fuel. The Coast Guard brought in the salvage company Sea Engineering to remove the fuel and vessel, the company’s president, Andrew Rocheleau, said. Jones expects the fuel will be drained Thursday morning and that the boat will be removed Friday or by the weekend “at the latest.” The yacht ran aground Monday morning in Honolua Bay after its mooring line snapped.

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