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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe other mysteriously missing vessel this week: a North Korean-flagged oil tanker
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is not the only craft to have vanished this week. A North Korean-flagged oil tanker, the Morning Glory, hasnt been seen since illicitly loading up with some $25 million of crude at a Libyan port, earlier this week, then sailing away while under attack by armed sailors.
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The Morning Glory had taken on 234,000 barrels of Libyan crude at the eastern port of Es Sidr, which is held by Libyan rebels. The Libyan navy tried to seize it and escort it to a government-held port on March 10, but it escaped while under escort, even though the navy fired on it. It was thought to be heading towardor even eventually anchored inEgyptian waters, although that isnt known with certainty. Here is a photo taken of the tanker in Es Sidr on March 8, while officials were figuring out how to react.
According to the ship-tracking website Vessel Finder, the Morning Glory hasnt signaled its location since the escapein fact, it last officially transmitted its location March 1. On March 13, the ship became wholly illegala fugitivewhen North Korea revoked its registration.
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Especially if it might be headed toward....North Korea?
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Doesn't seem feasible.