Iran says 16 crew rescued from stricken UAE ship
Iran says 16 crew rescued from stricken UAE ship
Iran says 16 crew rescued from cargo ship from the UAE sank in Gulf waters off Iran nearly 30 miles from the port of Asalouyeh
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16 out of 30 crew members were rescued [Getty]
Iran said Thursday it had rescued 16 of the 30 crew of an Emirati car transporter ship that sank in rough seas off its Gulf coast.
"Thanks to the efforts of emergency teams, 16 of the ship's crew have been rescued," the crisis management director for Bushehr province told Iran's Tasnim news agency. "The search for the other 14 crew members is continuing."
An Emirati cargo ship sank in Gulf waters off Iran, triggering a search and rescue operation for its 30 crew in poor weather, Iranian state media reported Thursday.
"An Emirati car transporter ship sank nearly 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the port of Asalouyeh and a search operation has been launched to rescue its 30 crew members," a local maritime protection official told the state IRNA news agency.
"Because of the unfavourable weather and high winds" the vessel sank before three rescue vessels could reach its location, the official said.
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