While companies are facing troubles in the automotive industry due to the impact of COVID-19 and semiconductor chip shortages, another bad news is in the news from the Atlantic waters of Western Europe, in fact, there is a large scale in this sea. Around 4,000 luxury cars such as Porsches, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Volkswagens were sunk in the year.
how so many cars drowned
It is being told that a Crago cargo ship named ‘Felicity Ace’ sank in the sea. The accident happened due to the fire in this ship. Let us tell you, this incident happened 253 miles off the coast of Azores, which is an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, and the territory of Portugal. The cargo ship had sailed from Emden, Germany, to Davisville in Rhode Island.
Apart from 4000 cars, goods were also present
About 6 days after the ship’s departure, it caught fire, causing damage and sinking. Thankfully, all 22 crew members of ‘Felicity Ace’ were rescued before the ship sank in the sea. The ‘Felicity Ace’ was a 650 feet long cargo ship with a capacity to carry three million liters of crude oil. When it sank, it contained 4,000 luxury cars and electrical wires, plastic and paint.
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Many supercars also suffered damage
Reportedly, the ship included elite sports cars and other supercars such as the Lamborghini Huracan, Lamborghini Urus, Bentley Bentayga, Bentley Continental GT, Porsche 911, Porsche Cayenne and even the all-electric Audi e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan.
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