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20 Thai Sailors Return After Hormuz Attack as Search Continues for 3 Missing

Thai authorities are pursuing outside help to find three crew believed trapped in the ship's damaged engine room.

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Twenty Thai crew members of a cargo ship that was attacked in the crucial Strait of Hormuz arrived in Thailand, with three of their colleagues still stranded on the vessel in the Gulf
The 20 Thai sailors landed at Thailand's main international airport in Bangkok

Overview

  • The Thai-registered Mayuree Naree was struck by two projectiles last week while transiting the Strait of Hormuz after departing a UAE port.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it hit the Thai vessel and a Liberia-flagged ship, asserting the crews ignored its warnings.
  • The Omani navy rescued 20 sailors who arrived in Bangkok early Monday and were escorted away by officials without speaking to the press.
  • Three crew members remain unaccounted for and are believed to be in the heavily damaged engine room, according to owner Precious Shipping.
  • Thailand's foreign ministry said it is seeking assistance from two countries to locate the missing sailors as risks to shipping in the vital strait persist.