The European UnionNaval Force (EUNAVFOR) reported yesterday that patrol aircraft sighted two lifeboatson a beach approximately 14 miles north of the position of the sunken 1,022-teuAlbedo. 

No members of the crew or pirates were sighted in or nearthe lifeboats, and they remain unaccounted for.

The Albedo sank in rough seas on Monday. The vesselhad a crew of 23 on board when it was hijacked in November 2010 when itwas about 900 nautical miles east of Mogadishu.