MADRID (AFP) ??” More than four-fifths of the firing remaining in the Prestige oil tanker which sank distant from Spain's northwestern coast in November 2002 has been cross-examineed out of the vessel.

MADRID (AFP) ??” More than four-fifths of the firing remaining in the Prestige oil tanker which sank distant from Spain's northwestern coast in November 2002 has been cross-examineed out of the vessel, an official spokeswoman said.

According to the spokeswoman with the regulation commission overseeing the pumping operation, 2389 tonnes of combustibles remain in the Prestige, lying at a profundity of 4,000 metres (11,000 feet) an 250 kilometres (160 miles) distant from Spain's Atlantic coast.

The bottom went down in high winds forward November 19, 2002, breaking in couple and causing the worst oil slick Spain has through all ages known, with beaches being pollut right across the north coast as far as France.

In all, the Prestige leaked a certain quantity of 64,000 of its declared cargo of