HIJACKED TANKER DISCOVERED BY THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY
February 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ITALIAN Space Agency (ASI) has discovered the location an Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn, hijacked last month (February) by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. According to radar images from the agency's Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, the seized ship was about 330 km off the Somalia coast, information being relayed to the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordinate Centre Headquarters, Rome
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THE ITALIAN Space Agency (ASI) has discovered the location an Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn, hijacked last month (February) by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. According to radar images from the agency's Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, the seized ship was about 330 km off the Somalia coast, information being relayed to the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordinate Centre Headquarters, Rome
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