Around 5-6 armed terrorists boarded Asphalt Princess, a Panama flagged oil tanker and tried to take control of the ship. They wanted to divert the tanker to Iran, but the crew onboard quickly jumped into action and sabotaged the ship’s engine so that the vessel cannot move any further.
None of the crew members suffered any injuries in the hijack attempt, and the Iranian gunmen were forced to flee the ship once US and Omani warships arrived at the scene.
When Asphalt Princess suffered what the UK...