Two dead after cargo ship sinks in Black Sea off Romania
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Two crew members died and 11 were rescued after the cargo ship Royad Mammadov caught fire and sank in the Black Sea on Monday, Romanian authorities said.
Romania’s Interior Ministry said the Coast Guard was alerted at about 11 a.m. to a fire aboard a commercial vessel in the country’s exclusive economic zone, about 30 nautical miles south of the port of Sfantu Gheorghe. A helicopter airlifted crew members from the ship. The Romanian Naval Authority said three were injured and eight were in good condition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Turkish-owned vessel, which was carrying corn in neutral waters, had been struck by two Russian drones. He said the captain was killed and that Azerbaijani and Indian nationals were aboard. Romanian authorities did not identify the cause of the fire or confirm that a drone was involved.
The vessel was registered under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis, according to shipping data cited by RTÉ. It had departed the Ukrainian port of Izmail and was bound for Italy.
Russia did not immediately comment on the incident. The BBC reported that Russia’s Defence Ministry had earlier said it struck two cargo vessels.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the unsupported caveat about the BBC report while leaving sourced details intact. - "The BBC reported that Russia’s Defence Ministry had earlier said it struck two cargo vessels, without establishing whether that statement referred to the Royad Mammadov.": The BBC source says Russia's defence ministry had earlier said it struck two cargo vessels; the story's added caveat about not establishing whether the statement referred to the Royad Mammadov is not in the source.
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Two dead after cargo ship sinks in Black Sea off Romania
Two crew members died and 11 were rescued after the cargo ship Royad Mammadov caught fire and sank in the Black Sea on Monday, Romanian authorities said.
Romania’s Interior Ministry said the Coast Guard was alerted at about 11 a.m. to a fire aboard a commercial vessel in the country’s exclusive economic zone, about 30 nautical miles south of the port of Sfantu Gheorghe. A helicopter airlifted crew members from the ship. The Romanian Naval Authority said three were injured and eight were in good condition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Turkish-owned vessel, which was carrying corn in neutral waters, had been struck by two Russian drones. He said the captain was killed and that Azerbaijani and Indian nationals were aboard. Romanian authorities did not identify the cause of the fire or confirm that a drone was involved.
The vessel was registered under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis, according to shipping data cited by RTÉ. It had departed the Ukrainian port of Izmail and was bound for Italy.
Russia did not immediately comment on the incident. The BBC reported that Russia’s Defence Ministry had earlier said it struck two cargo vessels, without establishing whether that statement referred to the Royad Mammadov.vessels.
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