Oil tanker incident
Pacific Zircon
15 November 2022
Gulf of Oman
What happened
The commercial tanker Pacific Zircon was damaged by a one-way-attack drone strike in the Gulf of Oman. US Naval Forces Central Command attributed the attack to Iran; no crew injuries were reported.
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- Vessel / facility
- Crude-oil tanker
- Cargo
- Not specified in cited reporting
- Attack
- One-way-attack UAV strike
- Latitude
- 19.5000°
- Longitude
- 60.0000°
Attribution
Attributed to Iran
US Naval Forces Central Command attributed the strike to Iran.
Approximate marker in the Gulf of Oman.