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Comment by nemetroid

6 days ago

> The crew on the ship were Russian nationals.

Citation needed. The sources I can find (e.g. [1]) claim that the vessel "is captained by a Chinese national and includes a Russian sailor". The first part can be verified by the strong accent of the radio operator [2].

1: https://archive.is/3weox

2: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/kina-redo-att-samarbeta-o...

It wasn't a sailor, it was the maritime pilot from the port it departed. He left the ship before the incident.