The "Aban Pearl" natural-gas platform (AP photo, right), operated by state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. sank off the coast Venezuela on Thursday after its crew disconnected a tube leading from the gas fields to the Aban Pearl platform, preventing any leak or harm to marine life.
Alarms went off three hours before the sinking, giving the crew of 95 time to evacuate. Most went directly to the lifeboats, but the captain and two assistants stayed behind until the platform was badly tilting and about to collapse, and then hurled themselves into the Caribbean Sea.
Marco Werman got more from the BBC's Will Grant in Caracas.
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