Two Dead, 11 Rescued After Ship Catches Fire and Sinks in Black Sea, Romania Says
- 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 people have died in a fire aboard a cargo ship in the Black Sea, Romania reports. The ship sank, and eleven crew members were rescued. According to the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the coast guard was alerted around 11:00 AM and the ship was located outside the country's territorial waters, about 55 kilometers south of the city of Sfantu Gheorghe. The ministry says nothing about how the fire started. Ukrainian President Zelensky,…
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