An oil tanker’s entire crew of 16, including 13 Indians, went missing after it capsized off Oman coast. The other three crew members were Sri Lankans. Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said that the Comoros-flagged oil tanker capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah near the port town of Duqm. The port of Duqm is located on Oman’s southwest coast, close to the Sultanate’s major oil and gas mining projects. The oil tanker – Prestige Falcon – was headed for the Yemeni port city of Aden. The vessel is a 117-metre-long oil products tanker built in 2007.
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