FACTBOX: What we know about attack on Turkish tanker Altura in Black Sea

ANKARA, March 26. /TASS/. Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu confirmed on 24TV that the Turkish tanker Altura was attacked off his country’s Black Sea coast.

TASS has compiled key details about what is known.

- The Turkish tanker Altura flying the flag of Sierra Leone came under attack 24 km off the Bosphorus Strait in the Black Sea.

- The tanker sustained damage to its bridge from an explosion, and the engine room took on water.

- The vessel was carrying 140,000 tons of oil.