Nine crew from a cargoship stranded in the Red Sea outside the Suez Canal have flown home to Pakistan.

The seafarers from the 7,900-dwt Akkaz (built 2006) thanked the Pakistani embassy for their help in repatriation efforts, the Daily News reported.

The master is reportedly still in a local hospital with health problems, but should still make it home this week, according to chief engineer Muhammad Khaliq.

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