But an accident involving a vessel which was neither French nor Italian, but was sailing under another country's flag and transporting hazardous goods, could cause a disaster on the scale of the sinking of the Erika (flying the Maltese flag) or the Prestige (sailing under the flag of the Bahamas).
Mais un seul accident suffirait, si un bateau ni français, ni italien, chargé d’une cargaison dangereuse venait à y faire naufrage, comme par exemple l’Erika (pavillon maltais) ou le Prestige (pavillon des Bahamas).