Chronology of the Exxon Valdez incident: on March 24, the tanker runs aground. March 30, the captain is fired; April 4, spill called the oil industry's "three mile island;" June 19, oil companies announce plan for $250 million network of response teams; September 15, beach cleanup operations suspended for winter; October 27, Exxon resigned from National Wildlife Federations advisory board. December 4, Transportation Secretary announces that cleanup cost Exxon $1.9 billion; December 31, Wildlife officials report 1,000 sea otters, 140 bald eagles and 36,500 seabirds dead; February 27, Exxon and subsidiary indicted; and March 22, captain found guilty of negligent discharge of oil. "A lot of people shared the blame for what happened, but all sides were trying to sink captain Hazelwood. The following year, in 1989, a fire aboard an ExxonMobil tanker, the Exxon-Valdez, killed 11 people and injured more than 200 others.
Chronology of the Exxon Valdez incident: on March 24, the tanker runs aground. March 30, the captain is fired; April 4, spill called the oil industry's "three mile island;" June 19, oil companies announce plan for $250 million network of response teams; September 15, beach cleanup operations suspended for winter; October 27, Exxon resigned from National Wildlife Federations advisory board. December 4, Transportation Secretary announces that cleanup cost Exxon $1.9 billion; December 31, Wildlife officials report 1,000 sea otters, 140 bald eagles and 36,500 seabirds dead; February 27, Exxon and subsidiary indicted; and March 22, captain found guilty of negligent discharge of oil. The following year, in 1989, a fire aboard an ExxonMobil tanker, the Exxon-Valdez, killed 11 people and injured more than 200 others.