FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A Panamanian-flagged merchant vessel was struck during a drone attack in the Black Sea on June 18, 2026, resulting in the death of one crew member and injuries to two others, according to a statement released by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP). The AMP reported that the vessel, sailing under the Panamanian flag, was affected during a drone attack. One seafarer was killed in the strike, while two others sustained injuries. One of the injured crew members is reported to be in serious condition. As the flag state, Panama has activated its standard emergency and investigative protocols to collect verified information about the attack. RelatedNews Lessons learned: Coupling failure incident leads to serious injury TAIC Investigation: Head injury following lifting operation failure var jnews_module_21376269_0_6a3900f0e0131 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21376269","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4026,157,120,856,132,383","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scro