On October 12, the Bulgarian Navy coordinated a rescue operation, saving 10 crew members from a sinking cargo ship in the Black Sea. The Bulgarian side stated that previous concerns about the ship possibly striking a mine had been ruled out, attributing the cause of the accident todeficiencies in the ship's structure" and noting that the vessel had a poor maintenance record.

The involved cargo ship, the "Eileen" (car about 3,000 tons), sent a distress signal on Sunday, October 12, at noon, reporting that water had entered the hold. According to the Bularian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, the crew reported that the ship was tilting and they were unable to control the water ingress, so they decided to abandon the ship and two lifeboats.

The ship, flying the flag of Cameroon, was built in 1993 and has been owned by a Ukrainian company since 020. In June 2025, the ship was detained for 15 days in Greece after inspection, with issues involving stability gauges, firefighting pumps pipes, emergency lighting, crew training, and documentation records. Although the corrosion and structural issues did not meet the detention standards, they were still noted in the report. The ship was and headed to a shipyard for repairs, but due to multiple detentions, the Paris Memorandum of Understanding organization issued a three-month sailing ban.

Thegarian BNT news agency, quoting Transport and Communications Minister Grozdan Karadzhov, stated: "The damage was definitely not caused by an external factor. This was confirmed after a thorough examination by a Bulgarian helicopter that arrived at the scene. The accident was most likely caused by deficiencies in the ship's structure."

At time of the incident, the "Eileen" was fully loaded with bags of gypsum, heading to the port of Chornomorsk.

The Bulg Navy dispatched a helicopter and ordered the "Boris" frigate to stand by. A Turkish maritime support ship, departing from the port of Filyos, arrived at scene first. After the rescue forces located the two lifeboats, the Turkish vessel rescued all the crew members. Once the crew members were confirmed to be in good condition, the returned.