Boat sank off Masirah

The sailors have called their home and informed that they were safe.

They were in danger from 2am until 6am when the fishermen came for the rescue.

According to the crew, the vessel was heading to Yemen from Sharjah.

On July 22 also, a vessel carrying plastic items was sunk off Masirah Island, with thousands of plastic items washing ashore near the beach where turtles were nesting on the island. The 800-tonne cargo vessel had 17 sailors on board and they were transporting livestock to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, from Gujarat, India.

Their next planned voyage involved loading food from Sharjah and sailing to a port in Somalia. But harsh weather in the Indian Ocean caused damage to the ship, causing it to take in water. The crew attempted bailing out their ship, but were unable to keep up with the fast flowing seawater.