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SANAA, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- A Panamian ship with at least 15 crew members and
passengers on board sank 10 nautical miles off the Scotora Archipelago in the
Indian Ocean on Thursday, the official Yemeni News Agency Saba' reported.
Saba' quoted Captain Fawwaz Saad Ahmad, in charge of the Socorta
Archipelago passports' affairs, as saying the the crew and the passengers of
the ship were salvaged by a team of rescuers of Hadra-Mowt province.
The rescuers who rushed to the location of the incident found them floating
amid wooden debris. They were all rescued alive.
The ship, hoisting the Panamian flag, is owned by the Saudi businessmen,
Ayed Al-Sedoun.
It was journeying from the port of Al-Mukallah in eastern Yemen to Socorta
port, with a cargo of cement and iron, cars as well as various commodities.
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