Three seafarers are missing with one other person suffering burns after an explosion on the tanker vessel M.T. Desh Vaibhav on August 14 off the Oman coast, according to a statement from the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).
The incident took place at 9.35 am India Standard Time (IST) while the M.T. Desh Vaibhav was travelling to Fujairah, UAE, when one of its cargo tankers exploded.
The area is one of the busiest oil shipping routes in the world with several countries in the region, such as the UAE and Oman, trying to position themselves as trading hubs.
The cause of the explosion is still unknown.
SCI confirmed the incident by sending a memo to the Bombay Stock Exchange and then released a statement.
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