Air Delivered event in Strait of Hormuz, 5 nautical miles north of Khasab Port area, Oman on Sun 1st March 2026

1st March 2026

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New Delhi: Two Indians have been killed in an attack on an oil tanker 'Skylight' in the Gulf of Oman amid escalating tensions between US-Israel and Iran. The two have been identified as Captain Ashish Kumar from Bihar and Dixit Solanki from Mumbai. Dalip Singh, a crew member from Rajasthan working on the same ship, has been reported missing.

The Palau-flagged oil tanker, which arrived on February 22, was struck off Oman's Musandam Peninsula in an attack that followed drone strikes on the country's Duqm port.

"The Maritime Security Centre announces that the oil tanker (SKYLIGHT), flying the flag of the Republic of (Palau), was targeted 5 nautical miles north of Khasab Port in the Musandam Governorate, and all crew members of the tanker, consisting of 20 individuals--including 15 holding Indian nationality and 5 of Iranian nationality--have been evacuated," Oman's Maritime Security Centre (MSC) said in a post that did not mention what hit the tanker.

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( Strait of Hormuz, 5 nautical miles north of Khasab Port area )

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