(ANSA-AFP) - STOCKHOLM, OCT 18 - At least 50 metres of the
Nord Stream 1 pipeline has been destroyed or buried under the
seafloor, following an explosion assumed to be from sabotage,
underwater images published Tuesday showed. In videos published
by newspaper Expressen, a massive tear and twisted metal can be
seen on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline 80 metres down. According to
the newspaper, the videos that were filmed on Monday show how
over 50 metres of the pipeline is either missing or buried under
the seabed, and long tears can be observed on the seabed leading
up to the burst pipe. "It is only an extreme force that can bend
metal that thick in the way we are seeing," Trond Larsen, drone
operator with the Norwegian company Blueye Robotics, told
Expressen. Larsen, who piloted the submersible drone which
captured the video, also said you could also see "a very large
impact on the seabed around the pipe." (ANSA-AFP).
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