Even worse news is that the initial reports of a half mile gash on the reef was updated to be two miles long. Just imagine how many decades or centuries it will take to come back. Two people from the ship have been arrested.
A Chinese ship captain and a chief officer have been arrested and charged with causing damage to the Great Barrier Reef, more than a week after their coal carrier ran aground, leaking oil and tearing a two-mile (three-kilometer) gash in the protected area.
The Australian Federal Police said the master of the vessel and the chief officer on watch during the April 3 grounding would appear in court Thursday.
