The Olympic Spirit became hit about 73 nautical miles (135 kilometres) southwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah
Reuters
11 October, 2024, 11:55 am
Final modified: 11 October, 2024, 11:59 am
A Liberia-flagged tanker became struck twice with missiles and drones in the Crimson Sea on Thursday morning, in an attack claimed by Iran-aligned Houthi militants.
The Olympic Spirit became hit about 73 nautical miles (135 kilometres) southwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, British maritime security agency Ambrey acknowledged.
The tanker, en route from Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah to Muscat in Oman, became struck on its starboard aspect. The projectile hit the bridge inflicting minor injure, Ambrey acknowledged.
Four hours later, two additional projectiles reportedly detonated inner 0.27 nautical mile of the vessel’s port aspect.
The United Kingdom Maritime Change Operations agency acknowledged in a assertion that the captain of the Olympic Spirit didn’t file any fires on board or casualties.
“The injure is minor. The vessel has some technical problems, however it is miles seaworthy and continues its trot,” a maritime security provide acknowledged. “They (the crew contributors) are all safe.”
The vessel is continuing to its next port of name, the UK maritime agency added.
The Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi motion acknowledged in a while Thursday it had targeted the Olympic Spirit with 11 ballistic missiles and two drones.
It added that it had furthermore targeted a vessel it identified as St. John in the Indian Ocean with a winged missile, as part of attacks it launches on global beginning over Israel’s wrestle in Gaza.
Houthi warring parties in Yemen have performed nearly 100 attacks on ships crossing the Crimson Sea since November and narrate they are acting in cohesion with Palestinians in Israel’s year-lengthy wrestle in Gaza. They’ve sunk two vessels, seized every other and killed at the least four seafarers.
