Iranian Search and Rescue vessel NAJI has managed to rescue 44 crew members of two oil tankers which had been targeted in the Sea of Oman, transferring them to the Iranian Island of Jask.
Iran Rescues Oil Tankers’ Crew, Transfers Them to Jask Island
The two oil tankers, the Front Altair carrying the flag of Marshal Islands and the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous, caught fire for unknown reasons on Thursday morning some 40 kilometres south of Iran’s Jask Island.
Shortly after the incident, the Iranian rescue vessel NAJI approached them and managed to rescue the crew members and transfer them to Jask.
An informed source at the Iranian Armed Forces said after receiving call for emergency help from crew members of incident-hit vessels in Sea of Oman, several boats and choppers of Iranian Navy were dispatched to the scene along with rescue forces, and transferred some of the crew to Jask Port.
An Iranian official declared the Front Altair oil tanker, moving Ethanol from Qatar to Taiwan, caught fire at 8:05 local time, 25miles from Iran’s Jask Port.
The second Panama-flagged tanker Kokuka Corageous, moving Methanol from Saudi Arabia to Singapore, caught fire at 9:50, 30miles from Jask
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