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| Alert as rig breaks free at sea | Alert as rig breaks free at sea |
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| A tug has been sent to help the remains of a North sea oil platform which broke free from one of its tow lines. | |
| The decommissioned Hutton TLP was being towed by two tugs en-route to Spain when the incident happened in violent storms. | The decommissioned Hutton TLP was being towed by two tugs en-route to Spain when the incident happened in violent storms. |
| Shetland Coastguard said there was a risk the broken tow chain could damage pipelines on the seabed, about 110 miles north-east of Lerwick. | Shetland Coastguard said there was a risk the broken tow chain could damage pipelines on the seabed, about 110 miles north-east of Lerwick. |
| A pollution monitoring flight is expected to survey the area. | A pollution monitoring flight is expected to survey the area. |