Malaysian police ended search and rescue efforts yesterday on a stricken Taiwanese oil tanker involved in a collision in the Malacca Strait after the burnt remains of all its missing crew were found.
The MT Formosa Product Brick tanker caught fire and was seriously damaged last week after a collision with a Greekmanaged bulk carrier in the narrow shipping lane. Burnt bone fragments of two of the nine missing Chinese sailors were found on Saturday.
"We have ended all search and rescue efforts as the remains of all nine Chinese crew members have been found," said Rizal Ramli, marine police chief in Port Dickson. The accident happened off Port Dickson in Negeri Sembilan state, south of Kuala Lumpur.
"We only found bones as the fire was so hot that most of the bodies were incinerated beyond recognition," Chief Ramli added.
The tanker was carrying naphtha, a flammable liquid mixture ofhydrocarbons distilled from petroleum,coal tar and natural gas.
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