March 2, 1978 (the first month 24) Wu Wu, the supertanker Amoco - of Cadiz "No. crashed, causing serious pollution.

1978, the supertanker "Amoco - Cadiz" off the coast of Brittany, not far from the grounding, which led to one of the world's worst oil pollution incidents. (History today. Cn)
then tanker is loaded with 23 tons of crude oil from the Persian Gulf towards Rotterdam. In the choppy sea, its steering gear failure. The hull is in two parts, the (history cn) oil leaked from the ship contaminated more than 100 miles of the French coast, marine life and seabirds, the disaster is unprecedented, millions of marine animals and mollusc washed ashore.
in afterwards's survey, tanker captain Pascal Bada Li was severely criticized because he was "inexcusable delay", did not get the timely rescue shipwreck.