Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht sailing in the remote South Pacific, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas.
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whale → crack → seas
Crew members on the 52-foot Tai Tam told AFP on Thursday of their weekend encounter with a pod of sperm whales 250 nautical miles north of tiny Norfolk Island.
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members → tell → Island
The whole boat was pushed sideways,' said Australian Jemma Cooper, who was thrown from the steering wheel by the force of the blow.
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who → push → blow
Not knowing at first what had happened, she noticed a brown discolouration in the water and a sperm whale.
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she → know → water
'We looked out to our port side, and there were six to eight, a pod, of whales there.
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We → look → whales
So then it became clear that that's what it was,' she told AFP.
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she → become → AFP
Her husband Jeremy Cooper said he was sleeping below deck when the impact woke him.
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impact → say → him
'It was pretty immediately evident it was very serious,' he said.
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he → say → ?
'All the steering gear was smashed on the starboard side, and there was a significant amount of water coming in,' Jeremy told AFP.
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Jeremy → smash → AFP
The incident happened at 1pm New Zealand time
The collision left several gashes in the hull of the vessel
At 1pm New Zealand time on Saturday – about 30 minutes after the whale collision – they activated an emergency beacon.
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they → happen → beacon
'We declared a full mayday,' said New Zealand crew member Terry Hetherington, adding they spent the next few hours bailing out as much water as they could.
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they → declare → water
The Royal New Zealand Air Force flew a P-8A Poseidon patrol plane to the area to establish radio communications and co-ordinate the rescue.
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Force → fly → rescue
French crew member Martin Jaffre, a joiner, said the whale collision left several gashes in the hull and cracked the fibre glass structure, as well as breaking the steering.
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collision → say → steering
'We could no longer steer the boat, and a boat with no steering quickly becomes a problem,' he told AFP.
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he → steer → AFP
Mr Jaffre battled to slow the incoming water with anything to hand, including expansion foam, and swam below the boat to inspect the hull, his crew mates said.
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mates → battle → hull
The sailors tried to stay aboard as long as possible, struggling to stop the engine getting clogged and bailing by hand.
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engine → try → hand
Late at night, they abandoned the boat and transferred to a life raft in calm seas and under a full moon.
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they → abandon → moon
In the early hours of Sunday morning, they cut the tether to the yacht, fearing it might drag them down.
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it → cut → them
Soon after, it slipped beneath the waves.
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it → slip → waves
The group onboard were rescued by a passing container ship
The 52-foot Tai Tam sank to the bottom of the sea
A 470-foot container ship, the MV Sofrana Surville, rescued the sailors at 6am local time Sunday, the New Zealand military said – about 18 hours after their encounter with the sperm whale.
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military → rescue → whale
Even the rescue was scary as the giant ship approached their tiny life raft, recalled Jeremy Cooper.
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Cooper → approach → raft
But within half an hour they had scaled a ladder to join their rescuers, have a cup of coffee and chat with the captain, he said, ruing the end of their Pacific holiday voyage.
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he → scale → voyage
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