Container ship hit by three maritime drones off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast sinks, its crew rescued
Summary
Three maritime drones struck a container ship in the Black Sea off Bulgaria's coast, according to the country's defense minister, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported on Wednesday 28 October. The ship's crew members were rescued, the Inquirer and ABC News reported, and on Thursday 29 October the local maritime administration said that the Liberian-flagged vessel had sunk, according to the Inquirer. Fortune headlined that the drones struck the ship 'as attacks on NATO's Black flank pile up', writing that the attacks in Bulgaria and Romania's exclusive economic zones threaten a global shipping route and left two people dead, with at least 25 still missing.
Latest: The Liberian-flagged vessel hit by drones off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast sank, the local maritime administration said on Thursday, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, after the crew members were rescued, according to the Inquirer and ABC News, and Fortune wrote that the attacks in Bulgaria and Romania's exclusive economic zones threaten a global shipping route and left two people dead, with at least 25 still missing.
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How it unfolded
Thursday 29 October
The Liberian-flagged vessel hit by drones off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast sank, the local maritime administration said on Thursday, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, after the crew members were rescued, according to the Inquirer and ABC News, and Fortune wrote that the attacks in Bulgaria and Romania's exclusive economic zones threaten a global shipping route and left two people dead, with at least 25 still missing.
- 05:54The Philadelphia Inquirer Ship sinks off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast after being hit by drones
- 01:21ABC News Drones strike a container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and its crew members are rescued
- 00:36The Philadelphia Inquirer Drones strike a container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and its crew members are rescued
- 18:53Fortune Subscribers‘The logic points in that direction’: Drones strike a container ship off Bulgaria as attacks on NATO’s Black flank pile up
Wednesday 28 October
Three maritime drones struck a container ship in the Black Sea off Bulgaria's coast, according to the country's defense minister, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported.
- 12:24LA Times Drone attack hits container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast
- 08:45The Philadelphia Inquirer Drone attack hits container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, defense minister says