Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship

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Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship

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Bulgaria has stopped searching for the missing crew of a ship that sank after a drone attack in the Black Sea, about 70 nautical miles off the coast. A second ship was damaged and its crew rescued; the crew of the sunken vessel remain missing.

By Alex Lefkowitz SOFIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency said on Wednesday. Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing.

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