Maritime Security Centre conducts rescue operation

on December 30, 2020

Muscat: The Maritime Security Centre has conducted a search and rescue operation for the crew of an Iranian merchant ship that was exposed to a sank accident in Oman territorial sea near the Strait of Hormuz.

Strait of Hormuz, via Google Maps.

A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA) said, “The Maritime Security Centre, in coordination with the Royal Oman Air Force, the Royal Navy of Oman, and the Coast Guard Police of the Royal Oman Police, carried out a search and rescue operation for the crew of an Iranian merchant ship that was exposed to sank accident in Oman territorial sea near the Strait of Hormuz on December 25.”

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Source: timesofoman.com

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