Oct 30 (Reuters) – Oman’s Royal Navy evacuated 25 crew members from a Panama-flagged commercial vessel after it was targeted and caught fire 1.6 nautical miles off the coast of Musandam, the Maritime Security Centre said on Friday. The navy, in coordination with the Maritime Security Centre, carried out the evacuation and provided the crew […]
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Oct 30 (Reuters) – Oman’s Royal Navy evacuated 25 crew members from a Panama-flagged commercial vessel after it was targeted and caught fire 1.6 nautical miles off the coast of Musandam, the Maritime Security Centre said on Friday.
The navy, in coordination with the Maritime Security Centre, carried out the evacuation and provided the crew with the necessary medical care, the centre said. It gave no further details.
(Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly and Yasmine Ghania; Editing by Alison Williams)