Unverified · Gulf of Oman (approximate) ·
Posts relaying UKMTO say a tanker was struck on the port side while transiting the Oman route around 12:09 UTC on 11 October, and a later UKMTO notice reports an incident involving a tanker near Sohar anchorage, with crew status and damage unknown. @MenchOsint separately posted footage of an oil tanker on fire in the Gulf of Oman, which it says is probably the vessel detected by NASA FIRMS.
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- The UKMTO relays give different locations and times: @bonzerbarry says a tanker was struck on the port side on the vague 'Oman route' around 12:09 UTC, while later UKMTO relays by @bonzerbarry and @MenchOsint place an incident near Sohar anchorage at about 19:31 UTC. The posts do not say whether these are one incident or two.
- Detail differs: the earlier relay says the tanker was struck on the port side, while the later UKMTO notice says only that an incident occurred and that damage and crew status are unknown.
- @MenchOsint's burning-tanker footage has no confirmed date, place or vessel, and its link to the UKMTO reports is only the poster's own 'probably' based on NASA FIRMS.
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