Two dead, 11 rescued in serious maritime incident in Black Sea, Romania says
Authorities said 11 crew members were rescued and two people died after a fire broke out on the cargo ship.
- On Monday, the cargo ship Royad Mammadov caught fire following a suspected drone strike near the Pesc platform in the Black Sea.
- The vessel, which departed Izmail, Ukraine, for Ravenna, Italy, was struck around 9 nautical miles from the offshore oil and gas platform.
- Romania's Naval Authority confirmed that two people have died and 13 sailors are missing, while 11 crew members were brought to safety.
- The Maritime Coordination Center requested the Romanian Agency for Lifesaving at Sea to intervene, with multiple rescue ships dispatched to the sinking vessel.
- Rescue operations continue outside Romania's territorial waters as authorities investigate the incident, which occurred while the ship was transporting grain through the Black Sea.
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Two dead, 11 rescued in serious maritime incident in Black Sea, Romania says - Regional Media News
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people had died and others were rescued in a serious maritime incident involving a fire that prompted rescue actions for a sinking ship outside Romania's territorial waters. Romania's interior ministry said 11 crew members [...]
Two dead, 11 rescued after fire onboard ship in Black Sea, Romania says
Oct 5 - Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people had died and others had been rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania's territorial waters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Yuri Kotenok: The ROYAD MAMMADOV ship with grain on board, en route from Izmail to Italy, was attacked by a UAV 20 miles from the Romanian coast near the Pescarus oil platform
The ROYAD MAMMADOV ship with grain on board, en route from Izmail to Italy, was attacked by a UAV 20 miles from the Romanian coast near the Pescarus oil platform.According to Romanian media, the alarm was received around 11:00. A fire broke out on the...
The Independent
The Independent (US)Two dead and 11 rescued after fire breaks out on sinking ship in Black Sea
Authorities confirmed that two people died in the serious incident
Eleven sailors can be saved, two cannot survive the disaster. It is still unclear what happened on the sinking freighter in the Black Sea.
volksfreund.de
saarbruecker-zeitung.deEleven sailors can be saved, two cannot survive the disaster. It is still unclear what happened on the sinking freighter in the Black Sea.
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