Oil tanker fire: Three missing crew still believed to be alive, says MMEA


Gabon

JOHOR BAHRU: Three crew members who were reported missing after tanker MT Pablo registered in Gabon, Africa caught fire 37.5 nautical miles northeast of Tanjung Sedili in Kota Tinggi on Monday (May 1), are believed to be still alive.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) acting director-general Vice Admiral Datuk Saiful Lizan Ibrahim said the crew had been identified as Indian nationals Satyam Tripathi, 26, and Dinesh Kumar Chauhan, 34, while the third was Ukrainian Sabit Shenderovskyi, 37.

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