Methanol Tanker Crew Prepares to Abandon Ship After Blast in Persian Gulf
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Jul 31
Methanol Tanker Crew Prepares to Abandon Ship After Blast in Persian Gulf
1 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Jul 31
Summary
Roughly half the crew climbed onto a life raft after a loud bang and dark smoke erupted from the front of a methanol-loaded tanker in the Persian Gulf.
Shouted orders captured in Chinese and English — “Go go go... Lower the life raft” — showed the crew moving quickly to prepare for a possible evacuation.
The blast and smoke came amid Mideast strikes, linking the shipboard emergency to the wider regional conflict and risks to Gulf shipping.