MOSCOW, Apr 23 Lost in the Red Sea the pleasure boat 30 minutes, whose crew consists of three Russians, according to updated information, was captured by pirates, said the wife of the captain of the yacht, Nadezhda Rasina.
Earlier, the wife of the captain of the missing ship said that the yacht was lost in the Red Sea. According to her, the ship left Saudi Arabia almost a week ago and was supposed to arrive in Djibouti by April 19, but did not appear there, lost in the space between Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Yemen. Rasina noted that she had already applied to the Russian Foreign Ministry with a request to assist in the search for Russians. According to her, the owner of the yacht announced an SOS signal, and the ship itself was captured by pirates.
«The boat was captured by pirates, bandits. This information was received by Saudi Arabia as a fact about the capture. There are no details,» Rasina said.
br> does not yet have a commentary from the Russian Embassy in Saudi Arabia on this situation.