Bodies of Five Seafarers Found Aboard Drone-Struck Tanker Off Romanian Coast

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The bodies of five seafarers have been discovered aboard a tanker that was targeted in a drone attack off the Romanian Black Sea coast last month.

Sea-news.az reports citing BurgasMedia, that the vessel was struck on October 15. A total of 12 crew members were on board at the time of the incident; five were rescued immediately, while seven were reported missing.

According to the ship’s operating company, six of the missing crew members were citizens of Benin and one was a Russian national.

Search operations remain underway for the remaining two missing mariners.