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Five sailors are sickened after water tanks aboard USS Nimitz were contaminated with JET FUEL: Emergency procedure to flush out water supply fails within days
2022-10-01
  • Sailors have suffered acid reflux and other illnesses feared to be linked to the contaminated water

  • Attempts to flush out the system failed, and further traces of jet fuel were detected in same supply just days later

  • Sailors say the entire vessel - which is 47 years old - now reeks of the fuel

  • The warship was due to embark on training exercises to ready it for deployment but those have now been delayed, the Navy has confirmed
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