The chairman of Red Sea Company for navigation, Abdel Majid Matar, said Pakistani warship saved the crew of Om Fi Suez ship, which contained 23 sailors. The ship sank 81 miles away from Omani coast on its way back to Al-Adabeya port in Suez. Matar said the ship sank because of lack of oil. Matar said the crew was freed from Somali pirates and told the company that oil in the ship wouldn't be enough for the journey back. This prompted the company to send another ship to supply Om Fi Suez ship with oil but high waves prevented the second ship from reaching Om Fi Suez. The company instead sent a tanker to drag the ship after it was jammed, due to lack of oil but it failed to drag it and the ship sank. A source in the company said the crew took responsibility for the ship's sinking because they agreed to sail before the Somali pirates supplied the ship with oil to complete it's journey to Al-Adabeya port in Suez. The company paid U.S. $2 million and U.S. $100,000 ransom for Somali pirates. Pakistani authorities sent a Pakistani warship when the Pakistani sailors called their families and told them that the ship can't complete its journey. The Chief of engineers in the kidnapped company Wael Saleh said Salala port in Oman was reported of the problem and it was agreed, with the cooperation of the ship's owner, to send another ship to supply the ship with oil and to drag it to safety. Wael said in a phone call to his wife, all the attempts to restart the ship failed, and all the sailors are alright after they were shipped far away from the danger zone and away from the Somali pirates militia. He also added ship is scheduled to go to Pakistan and upon its arrival there, the Egyptian embassy will be contacted to arrange its return to Egypt.
