Collision at sea!! PIRATES!!

A collision between the container ship Ocean Blessing and the hijacked tanker Nagasaki Spirit occurred in the Malacca Straits at about 23:20 on 19 September 1992. Pirates had boarded the Nagasaki Spirit, removed its captain from command, set the ship on autopilot and left with the ship's master for a ransom. The ship was left going at full speed with no one at the wheel. The collision and resulting fire took the lives of all the sailors of Ocean Blessing; from Nagasaki Spirit there were only 2 survivors. The fire on the Nagasaki Spirit lasted for six days; the fire aboard the Ocean Blessing burned for six weeks

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• disaster
• ship
• collision
• crash
• wreck
• sea
• ocean
• Pirates

[terrible0ne]

Jabin now total stroke it needy, who wants to write or telephone... Thank you iPhone translator!

[graycell82]

type in "ski crashes" in the youtube search and click the video with stars in the title to be shocked!

[loveunderlaw]

These pirates need to be killed, no use to anyone at all.

[sgbotak50]

@rafelic TK Shipping - the owner of the Nagasaki Spirit, spent a lot of time, money and emotion in trying to find the missing crew. The lifeboat had been cleanly released from the davits, the fire had not gotten to the escape point by the time the lifeboat got away so the assumption was that it escaped the scene. But where it went nobody knows. Searches all over the straits for the men or the lifeboat of any of its contents all proved fruitless.

[allen41able]

@bethfeli, My mom was already in the states when that tragic accident happened. I am d one who went in d office in Makati to gather information in d development of d search and rescue effort done by d company.

[allen41able]

@kenbales2004, Do u have any idea what happened to d crews of Nagasaki Spirit?

[kenbales2004]

I was in charge of the salvage of the Ocean Blessing and also assisted in the salvage of the Nagasaki Spirit.

I personally discovered all the bodies on the Ocean Blessing and assisted in their recovery by the Indonesian authorities.

There was absolutely no evidence that pirates had any involvement in this collision.

[bethfeli]

@allen41able My brother is one of the Crew of Nagasaki spirit, I have all the list of the missing crew and their position, maybe I have met your mom before.

[allen41able]

@bethfeli Hello Ms. Beth, How did you know that my dad is d cook?

[allen41able]

Hello there... there are lots of stories on what had happened there. According to some reports, Pirates. We also heard d story of one of d survivor seeing the rest of d crews in d lifeboat. Up to now, we still don't know or have any idea what really happened to my father. My mom is doing good, she's living in d states now.