Indonesian crew stranded off coast of Mozambique for nearly a year finally evacuated


The liquefied petroleum gas tanker Gas Falcon is seen in this undated picture at an unknown location. - Courtesy of Jefrison Nainggolan

JAKARTA: Nine Indonesian crew members who had been stranded for nearly a year aboard the Gas Falcon, a Gabon-flagged LNG tanker anchored in Mozambique’s Beira Sea, have finally been evacuated.

Indonesian Ambassador to Mozambique and Malawi Kartika Candra Negara confirmed that the crew disembarked the vessel on Sunday (Sept 21) at approximately 2.40pm local time, after the ship's owner deployed a replacement crew.

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