A cargo ship, abandoned by its crew after being hit by a Houthi missiles on Monday, continues to stay afloat in the Red Sea, leaving in its wake an 18-mile-long oil slick as it slowly takes on water and sinks, CNN reports.
A Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned bulk carrier, the M/V Rubymar was loaded with 41,000 tons of fertilizer when it was hit by two missiles fired from Yemen. Anchored in place and slowly sinking, it’s believed to be the first major vessel that had to be abandoned due to damage from a Houthi attack.