Video: 2 Dead, 11 Rescued After Turkish Commercial Vessel Catches Fire, Sinks In Black Sea
· Free Press Journal
Bucharest: Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people have died after a fire on a commercial vessel which later sank in the Black Sea. Eleven crew members were rescued.
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Romania's Coast Guard was alerted at around 11 am local time, the Interior Ministry said. The vessel was in Romania's exclusive economic zone, about 55 kilometres south of Sfantul Gheorghe in Tulcea County.
The ministry did not identify the cause of the fire.
Saudi Arabia Cuts November Oil Prices For Asia To Six-Year Low Amid Record Freight CostsA Turkish commercial vessel, Royad Mammadov, sank in the Black Sea after being struck by a drone.
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Romanian authorities said 11 crew members were rescued and two were killed.
The vessel was about 30 nautical miles south of Sfântu Gheorghe, inside Romania’s exclusive economic… pic.twitter.com/MD0ZhJWGv0
Romanian news channels reported that the ship was a Turkish vessel carrying grain and had been struck by a drone southeast of a Black Sea oil platform. Authorities did not confirm those reports.
“Eleven crew members have been rescued. Two deceased individuals have also been located,” the ministry said, adding that a helicopter had airlifted injured people using a winch so they could receive emergency medical care.
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