UPDATED: See the latest on the Rena disaster here.
Rena's stern is nearly completely underwater. The bow remains fast to Astrolabe Reef.
The stern section of the Rena is sinking after slipping off the Astrolabe Reef.
Maritime New Zealand is reporting the stern section of the once 236m container ship began sinking after 8.30am.
This followed early morning observation flights of the Rena where salvors observed 'no significant changes to the status of the vessel overnight'.
The stern section is sinking close to where it sat on the reef on Sunday following the Saturday night storm that split the vessel in two - initially with a 20-30m gap.
Rena's bow section remains hard on the Astrolabe Reef close to where the vessel initially ran aground on October 5.
Keep checking SunLive for more information.
Photos from a SunLive aerial observation flight of the wreck at 11.15am:
Photos from Maritime New Zealand's observation flight this morning:
6 comments
more oil?
Posted on 10-01-2012 10:46 | By wreck1080
There appears to be quite a bit of oil leaking.
Abandon Ship!
Posted on 10-01-2012 11:10 | By bigted
Where are the Greek owners? Strangely quiet. Where is John Key? Also strangely quiet. Do not worry. We, as always, will pay. . .
Posted on 10-01-2012 11:29 | By whatsinaname
For those with no common sense of course there will be oil leaking from the stern. There were certain parts of the fuel tanks etc tht the salvors could not get to.............
Call for Helen.
Posted on 10-01-2012 14:10 | By Zara
She could have walked over there and single handidly sorted it all out in 10 minutes. She could also stop the earthquakes while she was here !.
Booms please
Posted on 10-01-2012 14:28 | By Jimmy51
Im no expert but it looks pretty calm out there wouldnt booms be a good idea to help stop the oil from travelling far and wide
need a big crane now
Posted on 11-01-2012 03:42 | By ewan
sounds like they need to up the stakes and bring the big boys , the mighty yoshida from japan ! http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/01/huge-floating-crane-lifts-bridges-and.html
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