'Please send help': Crew's distress call after ship hit by US missile

Jun 9, 2026, 01:42 PM en source ↗
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Summary

The crew of a sanctioned oil tanker issued a distress call—'Please send help'—after their ship was struck by a missile fired from a US fighter jet off Oman. The crew were rescued, in an apparent escalation of US enforcement against illicit oil shipments.

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The crew of a sanctioned oil tanker were rescued off Oman after it was struck by a missile fired from a US fighter jet.

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