The 40,000 tonne coal ship Pasha Bulker sits about 100 metres (330 feet) off Nobbys Beach after running aground on Friday near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia's east coast June 9, 2007. Huge seas beached the Pasha Bulker in Australia on Friday, sparking a major rescue operation that saw all 22 crew members airlifted off the stricken vessel in gale force winds.

The Newcastle Ports Authority helicopter hovers next to the bow of the 40,000 tonne coal ship Pasha Bulker about 100 metres (330 feet) off Nobbys Beach after it ran aground on Friday near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia's east coast June 9, 2007. Huge seas beached the Pasha Bulker in Australia on Friday, sparking a major rescue operation that saw all 22 crew members airlifted off the stricken vessel in gale force winds.

Spectators walk along the ocean front to look at the 40,000 tonne coal ship Pasha Bulker sits about 100 metres (330 feet) off Nobbys Beach after running aground on Friday near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia's east coast June 9, 2007. Huge seas beached the Pasha Bulker in Australia on Friday, sparking a major rescue operation that saw all 22 crew members airlifted off the stricken vessel in gale force winds.

The 40,000 tonne coal ship Pasha Bulker sits about 100 metres (330 feet) off Nobbys Beach after running aground on Friday near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia's east coast June 9, 2007.

Onlookers watch the 40,000 tonne coal ship Pasha Bulker as it sits about 100 metres (330 feet) from Nobbys Beach after running aground near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia's east coast June 9, 2007. Huge seas beached the Pasha Bulker on Friday, sparking a major rescue operation that saw all 22 crew members airlifted off the stricken vessel in gale force winds.