Oil tanker incident
Wind
18 May 2024
Red Sea
What happened
A ballistic missile strike caused flooding and a temporary loss of propulsion and steering. The crew restored both and continued without reported casualties.
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- Vessel / facility
- Aframax crude-oil tanker
- Cargo
- Oil cargo; sailing from Russia to China
- Attack
- Anti-ship ballistic missile
- Latitude
- 14.1500°
- Longitude
- 42.2200°
Attribution
Attributed to Yemen’s Houthis
The incident and the actor assessment are separately sourced below.
Approximate marker in the southern Red Sea.