A British cruise ship smashed into a coral reef off Indonesia believed to be one of the most biodiverse in the world, causing significant damage to almost a mile of the reef. The Caledonia Sky, which flies under a Bahamian flag, ran aground on the reef in the western Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat in early March, forcing the evacuation of 118 passengers and crew members, The National Post Reported. More damage was caused to the reef when a tugboat arrived to pull the ship away. “They should’ve waited for high tide.”The local tourism office Stay Raja Ampat asked on its Facebook page: “How can this happen? Anchor damage from ships like these is bad enough, but actually grounding a ship on a reef takes it to a whole new level.”

Source: Huffington Post March 12, 2017 02:48 UTC