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Two Indian crew members missing after drone attack on tanker off Oman

Two Indian sailors are missing following a reported drone attack on the commercial tanker MT Petro Dolphin off the coast of northern Oman, according to India's shipping minister. Nine other Indian crew members aboard the vessel at the port of Sohar anchorage were rescued. The status and whereabouts of the two missing sailors remain unconfirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
5 differing positions reported on casualties across 8 publishers; unresolved.
  • arabnewsTwo Indian sailors missing
  • rfi两名印度水手
  • maritime-executiveTwo Seafarers Missing
  • thehinduTwo Indian seafarers missing, nine rescued
  • middleeasteyeTwo Indian nationals missing
  • bbcदो लापता
  • rttwo sailors go missing
  • timesofisraelTwo Indian sailors missing
4 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • arabnewsattacked
  • maritime-executiveDrone Attack
  • thehinduSonowal
  • middleeasteyedrone attack
  • rtIndia
3 differing positions reported on location across 7 publishers; unresolved.
  • arabnewsoff Oman
  • rfi阿曼
  • maritime-executiveoff Oman
  • thehinduSohar Anchorage
  • middleeasteyeoff Oman's coast
  • oilpriceNear Strait of Hormuz
  • timesofisraeloff Oman
2 differing positions reported on status across 9 publishers; unresolved.
  • arabnewsmissing
  • rfi遇袭
  • maritime-executiveMissing
  • thehindusays
  • middleeasteyemissing
  • oilpriceAttacked
  • bbcहमला
  • rtcondemns
  • timesofisraelattacked
WhereOman
23.268, 57.671 ±400 km
First reported13 days ago
Published2026-10-11 21:12 UTC
Sources9
How this travelled.
Reports9Independent tellings9
9 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Two Indian crew members missing after drone attack on tanker off Oman. 2026-10-11T21:12:57.711Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5521. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-11/two-indian-sailors-missing-after-vessel-attacked-off-oman-4462925a

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