Crew Aboard Blazing Iranian Oil Tanker May Be Alive, Owner Says
- National Iranian Tanker Company wants rescue to be priority
- Says crew could still be alive in the vessel’s engine room
The Sanchi is seen ablaze after a collision with a freighter off China's eastern coast on Jan. 7, 2018.
Photographer: Korea Coast Guard via AP
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The crew of an Iranian oil tanker set ablaze at the weekend following a collision could still be alive, the vessel’s owner said, calling on the Chinese authorities working at the scene to prioritize a rescue attempt.
“We are still hopeful,” Captain Mohsen Bahrami, a spokesman for the Sanchi rescue committee at the National Iranian Tanker Co., said in an interview in Tehran Wednesday. “We are still hopeful that in the engine room at least some people have taken shelter and are waiting to be rescued."