Aegean Sea (oil spill)
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On December 13th, 1992, the double bottom Greek-flag tanker, Aegean Sea, en-route to Repsol refinery in A Coruña, Spain suffered an accident off the Galician coast. It had successfully passed all required tests and revisions.
When the ship was going to enter the docks of A Coruña, the windspeed was above 100 km/h, and visibility was under 100 m. This made it lose its assigned route and wreck. The ship broke off and exploded under the Tower of Hercules, causing 50 m tall flames and spilling more than 70,000 tons of oil into the ocean.
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