<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-March 24, 1989 i-Exxon Valdez  <response>: yawela ogwini ePrince William Sound, e-Alaska yabangela ukuchitheka kukawoyela okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni waseMelika. Ngo - April 11, 1989, ithimba elaliqondisa umsebenzi wokuhlanza lacela ukuba kusetshenziswe i - Yaquina. Yayithwele uphethiloli nokudla kwenyanga eyodwa, izinto zokulondoloza, amamitha ayizinkulungwane ezimbili ompompi kawoyela, izingubo ezengeziwe zesimo sezulu esibi nezesimo sezulu esibandayo zabasebenzi, ngisho nesikebhe sokususa amanzi esingamamitha angu-11 ngaphambi kokuba ihambe ngomkhumbi isuka ePortland. Isimo sezulu esibi eGulf of Alaska sayiphoqa ukuba ithathe umzila omude i-Inside Passage, kodwa umkhumbi wafika ePrince William Sound ngo-April 19, 1989. 