The other mysteriously missing vessel this week: a North Korean-flagged oil tanker

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Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is not the only craft to have vanished this week. A North Korean-flagged oil tanker, the Morning Glory, hasn’t been seen since illicitly loading up with some $25 million of crude at a Libyan port, earlier this week, then sailing away while under attack by armed sailors.
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The Morning Glory had taken on 234,000 barrels of Libyan crude at the eastern port of Es Sidr, which is held by Libyan rebels. The Libyan navy tried to seize it and escort it to a government-held port on March 10, but it escaped while under escort, even though the navy fired on it. It was thought to be heading toward—or even eventually anchored in—Egyptian waters, although that isn’t known with certainty. Here is a photo taken of the tanker in Es Sidr on March 8, while officials were figuring out how to react.



According to the ship-tracking website Vessel Finder, the Morning Glory hasn’t signaled its location since the escape—in fact, it last officially transmitted its location March 1. On March 13, the ship became wholly illegal—a fugitive—when North Korea revoked its registration.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. That shouldn't be hard to find. How do you lose a big oil tanker?

Especially if it might be headed toward....North Korea?

[Earth_First]

2. How does something like this 'escape while under escort'

Doesn't seem feasible.

[TwilightGardener]

3. I don't get that either. That thing doesn't look terribly fast or maneuverable.