UNDATED (via WOOD TV) — A federal report lays out how a barge dragged a six-ton anchor across the oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac in April 2018.
An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the crew failed to lift the anchor, saying one of them thought it was broken and couldn't be dropped in the first place. The report says no one double-checked before the barge passed through the straits.
The anchor hit Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, but didn't cause much damage. It also tore through about $100 million in electrical cables that run along the lakebed, causing insulation fluid to leak into the straits, which connect Lakes Michigan and Huron.
The NTSB report prompted Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, to release a statement saying she's ready to file a lawsuit to get the embattled pipeline shut down as soon as possible.
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