• 2 min de lectura
• 2 min de lectura
The Indian Navy successfully completed a complex operation involving the recovery of an unexploded missile warhead from the Marshall-Island crude oil tanker Olympic Life weeks after being attacked in the Gulf of Oman.
The tanker was attacked on 26 May while transiting waters off Onam. The vessel was hit on the port side close to the waterline and became lodged inside a fuel tank without detonating. At the time, the UKMTO reported that some bunker fuel had been discharged into the sea and that the cause of the attack was unknown. All the crew were reported safe.
Following the incident, the crew reported the presence of an unexploded warhead lodged inside the ship.
The ship continued its voyage to Kochi, India. Upon arrival, the Indian Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team boarded the vessel, evaluated the warhead and its location within the vessel before isolating the detonation mechanism, then extracted the warhead.
Had the warhead detonated, its proximity to large quantities of crude oil would likely have caused the loss of the vessel and crew, along with severe environmental damage.
Olympic Life is a 2019-built crude oil tanker that departed from Kochi on 11 June and is scheduled to arrive in Singapore on 18 June.
Fuente: marinetraffic_maritimenews
