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DUBAI: Tuesday’s collision between two ships in the Sea of Oman was due to a ‘navigational misjudgment by one of the vessels’, the UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure said on Wednesday, citing preliminary information.
The oil tanker named Adalynn, flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, and the vessel named Front Eagle, flying the flag of Liberia, collided and caught fire approximately 24 nautical miles (44.448km) off the coast of the UAE, the ministry said in a report by state news agency WAM.
The incident caused minor surface damage to the outer hulls of both ships, a small oil spill, and a fire that broke out in the fuel tank of one of the ships. No injuries were reported among the crew members of either vessel, the ministry added.
UAE coastguard personnel evacuated 24 crew members from the Adalynn to the port of Khor Fakkan.
A technical investigation was underway in coordination with relevant international bodies, the ministry noted.