#BREAKING: I just heard a report about accident in 2nd Maritime Area of #Iranian Navy in #Oman Sea. #IRIN's Jamaran (76) Moudge-class frigate fired a C-802 Noor anti-ship missile at #IRIN's Konarak general purpose tender killing its 30 sailors & sinking it near #Jask few hrs ago!
Unfortunately the rumors about this accident are true. Tens of Iranian fishers have rushed to the sea to save the surviving sailors of #Iran Navy's Konarak General Purpose Tender. Video released now shows two injured sailor recovered by local fishers from sea.
#BREAKING: Another video leaked now shows the wounded sailors recovered from the sea. Konarak General Purpose Tender had not kept enough distance from a target which Jamaran Moudge-Class Frigate was supposed to test its C-802 Noor missile at during the exercise of #Iran Navy:
The wounded sailors are now being rushed to hospital of #Chabahar. Video recorded by a local shows them in port of #Chabahar in SE of #Iran minutes ago.
This is list of the names of the 16 rescued sailors of #Konarak Hendijan class General purpose tender (MIG-S-4700). Six of them are now under surgery, two are in coma and five others are in mild condition but are hospitalized.
#BREAKING: Image leaked by an #Iranian Navy sailor shows that the Konarak General Purpose Tender has not sunken but it is badly damaged. Konarak is now anchored in port of #Chabahar. According to #Iran Navy officials, out of 34 crew members of the vessel, 19 have lost their lives
Master Chief Petty Officer Hossein Sepehri Ahromi is one of the 19 sailors who have lost their lives on-board the Konarak General Purpose Tender of #Iran Navy in #Oman Sea last night.
This is what is left out of the Konarak General Purpose Tender after it was hit by a C-802 Noor anti-ship missile fired from the Jamaran Moudge-Class Frigate of #Iran Navy in #Oman Sea last night:
This is the list of names of crew members on-board the Konarak General Purpose Tender of #Iran Navy and their current status. 18 of them are still lost in #Oman Sea and their bodies have not yet recovered from the sea.
Totally wrecked. What is left out of the Konarak General Purpose Tender can be seen in this video:
This video shows the Konarak supply vessel, the Hendijan class General Purpose Tender of #IranNavy with A1403 code which was hit by C-802 anti-ship missile last night. It can be seen in #Jask last year just after its upgrade and modernization.
Junior lieutenant Mohammad Arduni who won 2nd Place in Diving Championships of International Army Games in #Russia is among the 19 crew members who lost their lives after Konarak General Purpose Tender of #Iran Navy was hit by a C-802 Noor anti-ship missile last night.
These are the pictures of 19 crew members of Konarak General Purpose Tender of #Iran Navy who lost their lives after a C-802 Noor anti-ship missile fired by Jamaran frigate hit their supply vessel during an exercise in #Oman Sea last night.
Satellite images taken by Maxar show the Konarak General Purpose Tender of #Iran Navy before & after the accident in port of #Chabahar. The targets which were used for live missile firing of Jamaran and other frigates of #Iranian Navy during the exercise can be seen in the port.
Today morning, a C-130H of 12th Tactical Transport Squadron of #Iranian Air Force transferred corpses of the 19 #IranNavy sailors of #IRIN Konarak accident from #Cahabahar to #Tehran for official funeral. After that, they were sent to their cities for burial.
After the official funeral in #Tehran, corpses of some of the sailors who were born in #Shiraz & the small towns around that were transported to their hometown by this C-130H of 72nd Tactical Transport Squadron from 1st TTB in #Tehran to 7th TTB in #Shiraz.
Cockpit of 5-8550, the C-130H of 72nd Tactical Transport Squadron which transferred corpses of some of the sailors from #Tehran to #Shiraz.
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