The speaker crackled as if spitting threats.

'Trace that link,' shouted the skipper.

'We've lost it. I don't understand it?'

'What do you mean? Nothing?'

'Yes, Sir, silence.'

'Get a chopper up there.'

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'We've got a fishing boat in our sights, and we're going low for a closer look. It appears fine,' said the helicopter captain.

'It looks like it's losing fuel. Look at the colour of the water,' said number two.

'There's nobody on deck. What is that? Look, the nets are moving.'

'That is not netting. What the hell?'

'And all around the boat, sir, that is not oil.'

'I c...

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