The ghost ship

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In the Persian gulf, a powerful storm appears to sink an oil tanker, prompting a dramatic Royal Navy rescue. But six weeks later, the same tanker causes a scandal when it drifts onto a luxury Bollywood beach in India - like a ghost. Environment journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor delve into the unsolved mystery, investigating allegations of murky goings-on.

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0:00.0	At normal transactions.
0:03.0	It's a kind of cyber attack on a bank.
0:05.0	Tens of millions of dollars.
0:07.0	Something I don't think anybody has seen before.
0:09.0	It's a cyber criminal group.
0:11.0	From the BBC World Service.
0:12.0	The Lazarusized is back for season two.
0:14.0	It was really like in the movies.
0:16.0	Find out more at the end of this podcast.
0:25.0	Have you ever heard a tale that's so surreal
0:28.0	that it makes you wonder if there's more in the world than you know.
0:32.0	Just a flash of something here.
0:36.0	Well, what you're about to hear has all the trappings of a ghost story.
0:40.0	But it's true.
0:43.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:46.0	This one begins just like a thriller.
0:58.0	In 2011, an oil tanker off the coast of Oman in the Middle East was sinking in a storm.
1:04.0	It was dramatic.
1:06.0	Made it calls blasted out.
1:08.0	A warship with helicopters attempted a dangerous rescue.
1:17.0	But when it was over, the ship was gone, given to the sea.
1:22.0	The world moved on.
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