An oil tanker, named ‘Status Falcon,’ carrying 16 crew members capsized off the coast of Oman. The crew of the oil tanker included 13 Indians and three Sri Lankans, as confirmed by Oman’s maritime safety centre on Tuesday. The vessel capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah, close to the Omani port of Duqm, on Monday.
The vessel was en path to Yemen’s Aden Port when the incident occurred. Search and rescue operations are ongoing to find the lacking crew members.
Oman experiences that your complete crew of the Comoros flagged Status Falcon oil tanker is lacking after the vessel capsized off the coast.
The ship had 16 crew members on board, together with 13 Indians and three Sri Lankans. pic.twitter.com/ylrKYqsg9Q
— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) July 16, 2024
Present Standing of the Vessel
In keeping with the experiences, the ‘Status Falcon’ stays submerged and inverted. Nonetheless, there was no affirmation relating to the vessel’s stabilization or whether or not oil or oil merchandise are leaking into the ocean, as per an announcement from Oman’s maritime safety centre to Reuters.
The ‘Status Falcon’ is a 117-meter-long oil merchandise tanker, inbuilt 2007, sometimes used for brief voyages.
Duqm Port, situated on Oman’s southwest coast, performs an important position within the nation’s oil and fuel business. It’s a main hub for oil and fuel mining tasks and homes a major oil refinery inside its huge industrial zone, which is taken into account Oman’s largest financial challenge.
