News Bulletin 1344
Pipeline Update
ANCHORAGE, AK September 11, 2001 Noon
At the request of the United States Coast Guard, Alyeska Pipeline
Service Company evacuated the Valdez Marine Terminal and is operating
with a limited number of critical operations personnel. Military
officials considered a KAL airliner inbound to Anchorage a threat to
the terminal, and the Coast Guard requested that Alyeska evacuate the
terminal. At the request of the Coast Guard, loading operations have
been shut down and tankers are being moved to sea. The airliner has
been escorted by military planes to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
Alyeska remains in a heightened state of security and preparedness.
The pipeline is still operating.
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