URGENT: Japanese tanker explodes near Strait of Hormuz

A flash and then a tremor?

I'm confused... in my limited knowledge of big boats at sea..... how does a tremor damage a boat other than a tidal-wave... let alone an explosion?

Hoping someone with far more knowledge can explain.

A earthquake attacked the boat. Yeah sure.

Blast hits near Egypt embassy in Beirut

More trouble in the region.

Since it the whole tanker thing happened 16 hours ago and no war has started yet, I think we can safely assume that nothing will come out of this.

Originally posted by zoomer72

Originally posted by jonny2410
Seriously?

Japan tanker hit by quake, no sign of attack-Oman

MUSCAT July 28 (Reuters) - An oil tanker owned and operated by Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (9104.T: Quote) was damaged in a "tremor" and there was no evidence of an attack, the Omani coastguard said on Wednesday, while Iran reported an earthquake to its south

Link

tremor

why not swamp gas or chinese lantern

tahts one of the stupidiest things ive ever heard..

Sometimes the truth is stanger than fiction.

Who knows what the truth is...

reply to post by zoomer72


It was swamp gas reflecting off Venus.
(walking around in an Edgar suit my butt)

reply to post by jonny2410

nonsens......
only one hit south of iran ..days ago...
Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 12:34:12 UTC
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 04:04:12 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
26.641°N, 53.812°E
Depth
19.5 km (12.1 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances
105 km (65 miles) W of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran
125 km (80 miles) SSW of Lar, Iran
205 km (130 miles) S of Jahrom, Iran
1020 km (640 miles) SSE of TEHRAN, Iran
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 15.1 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 53.8 km (33.4 miles)
Parameters
NST= 19, Nph= 20, Dmin=305 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 90°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
us2010zcbf
i strongly believe the keep this out of MSM couse the stockmarkets will drop dramaticly....

I tell you it's hard to find good scriptwriters. Back then, those were the days

Originally posted by Manouche
I tell you it's hard to find good scriptwriters. Back then, those were the days

Indeed.

Now the news are between saying it's an attack or an earthquake that happened 4 days ago!

Ok, the ship was damaged on it's rear starboard ...
Since it was heading East starboard rear would suggest the Oman shores.
Iran was to their port side.
(starboard = RHS
port = LHS)

"flash on the horizon" suggests a cannon ... at quite a distance too. Not some "raghead" with an rpg?

Also noting the almost 12 hours between the incident and the news breaking. That's a LONG time in our 24/7 world.

An earthquake does not cause damage to ships, unless you include a tsunami or freak wave, which this clearly wasn't?

EDIT: to double check port/starboard

[edit on 28-7-2010 by harryhaller]

Remember this...

UAE ambassador backs strike on Iran's nuclear sites

It's weird if the attack came from Oman... Oman have good relations with Iran. Oman-Japan relations are also good...

What did this... an underwater mine?

Originally posted by harryhaller
Ok, the ship was damaged on it's rear starboard ...
Since it was heading East starboard rear would suggest the Oman shores.
Iran was to their port side.
(starboard = RHS
port = LHS)

"flash on the horizon" suggests a cannon ... at quite a distance too. Not some "raghead" with an rpg?

Just to be clear... you're suggesting that if it was an attack, it came from Oman's shores?

No wonder Oman are trying to cover this up by suggesting a "tremor" caused the explosion.

Can someone tell me what's going on? First it's an attack, then false flag, now an earthquake. What in the world?

news is dripping trough now on MSM...
stocks are dropping fast....

reply to post by Vitchilo


First up, NOBODY is stupid enough to mine those waters ... are they? Least of all Iran, who actually needs those waters free more than any.

Second, mines are usually hit from the front, and a mine wouldn't be a flash on the horizon

Originally posted by harryhaller
Ok, the ship was damaged on it's rear starboard ...
Since it was heading East starboard rear would suggest the Oman shores.
Iran was to their port side.
(starboard = RHS
port = LHS)

"flash on the horizon" suggests a cannon ... at quite a distance too. Not some "raghead" with an rpg?

Also noting the almost 12 hours between the incident and the news breaking. That's a LONG time in our 24/7 world.

An earthquake does not cause damage to ships, unless you include a tsunami or freak wave, which this clearly wasn't?

EDIT: to double check port/starboard

[edit on 28-7-2010 by harryhaller]

hmm interesting, wasnt it omans coast guard which reperted that accident was caused by tremor? (edit:lol somebody beat me to it )

secondly i know a bit about general structure of oiltankers (was working on a shipyard at one time) and in aft section there usually is engine room and in somecases fuel tanks for backup power generators...

so explosion in tanks could be the source... or atleast would be but there are 2 facts which doesnt add up ,first the flash and second :diesel fuel doesnt blow up very easily without really heavy pressure....



[edit on 7/28/2010 by zoomer72]

[edit on 7/28/2010 by zoomer72]

What's up with CNN? they're very slow lately! They were the last to report the new oil leak and they haven't reported anything on this here now

reply to post by Hellas


It's very funny you brought that up. A while back someone created a site where the current web page on CNN was compared to foreign news web pages. What surprised me is that CNN is more like a entertainment site then a news site.

reply to post by Hellas


CNN is part of the dying MSM media. The faster they die, the better.

Anyway, if you take out the ``seeing a flash on the coast`` it's probably just an explosion onboard.

The whole flash on the coast could and IS PROBABLY NOTHING. Could be a car window reflecting the sun. Could be anything.

I say it was an explosion on the boat.

Oil going down and precious metals flat...


News.com.au : Ship WAS ATTACKED. Bloomberg : Ship MAY HAVE BEEN attacked.

[edit on 28-7-2010 by Vitchilo]

"We believe it's highly likely an attack," Mitsui spokeswoman Eiko Mizuno said. "There is nothing that can explode in that part of the vessel."

npr

Originally posted by jonny2410
I think if it was a fasle flag event, or a legitimate attack from Iran, it would be on a western vessel and not a japanese one surely.

Aren't the US and Japan friends?

Why would Japan help / support / trade with Iran?

Confused

How many oil related disasters is this so far? This is getting weird.

[edit on 28-7-2010 by Skid Mark]