{"id":113066,"date":"2026-03-08T05:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=113066"},"modified":"2026-03-08T05:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:03:15","slug":"three-indonesian-sailors-missing-after-missile-attack-sinks-uae-tugboat-musaffah-2-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/three-indonesian-sailors-missing-after-missile-attack-sinks-uae-tugboat-musaffah-2-in-strait-of-hormuz\/113066\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Indonesian sailors missing after missile attack sinks UAE tugboat Musaffah 2 in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"293\">Three Indonesian crew members are missing after a UAE-flagged tugboat, <strong data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"180\">Musaffah 2<\/strong>, sank in the Strait of Hormuz following an explosion and fire, Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"513\">According to the ministry, the incident occurred in one of the world\u2019s most strategically important shipping routes. The tugboat reportedly suffered an explosion that triggered a fire before the vessel eventually sank.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"681\">The ministry said one Indonesian crew member survived the incident but sustained burn injuries and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in <strong data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"680\">Khasab, Oman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"920\">\u201c<strong data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"875\">One Indonesian survivor is currently receiving burn treatment at a hospital in the city of Khasab, Oman. The other three Indonesians are still being searched for by the local authorities,<\/strong>\u201d the ministry said in an official statement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"1097\">Authorities in Oman have launched search operations to locate the three missing sailors. Rescue teams are continuing efforts in the surrounding waters of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"zfuv33\" data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1150\">Explosion and Fire Reported Before Tugboat Sank<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1357\">Preliminary information indicates that an explosion occurred on board the <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1240\">Musaffah 2<\/strong>, which quickly led to a fire. The blaze appears to have severely damaged the tugboat, eventually causing it to sink.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1359\" data-end=\"1514\">Officials have not yet confirmed the exact cause of the explosion. Local authorities have opened an investigation to determine what triggered the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Indonesian crew members are missing after a UAE-flagged tugboat, Musaffah 2, sank in the Strait of Hormuz following an\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":113062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113067,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113066\/revisions\/113067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}