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Oil tanker may have struck mine

Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that a stray mine left over from the Iran-Iraq War damaged a Japanese tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Crewmembers aboard the Mitsui OSK Lines vessel M Star reported a flash on the horizon just before the impact at 4:30 a.m. Deck level doors and windows were blown out and there was some internal flooding, though no sea water came in through a 60 cm hole found above the water line on the starboard side near the stern. The second officer was treated for minor injuries on the vessel. 

Source: The National

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