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Bulgaria ends search for missing crew after drone strike sinks Black Sea cargo ship

Al Jazeera English · 2026-10-07
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Bulgarian authorities have ended search operations after finding no survivors from a cargo ship sunk by a drone strike off the country's coast early on Tuesday. Drones hit two commercial vessels amid intensifying Russia-Ukraine war attacks on Black Sea shipping; one caught fire, and 18 Turkish and Indian crew members were rescued from it. The crew of the sunken ship remain missing, with Maritime.bg reporting 10 people were aboard. Search chief Rumen Nikolov said only an overturned boat, three life rafts and debris were found, and that the incident occurred in a rescue zone beyond the 12-nautical-mile territorial waters.

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Source: Al Jazeera English · via ahirlevel.hu

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