Due to engine failure, a tanker ship ran aground off Sydney Mines.

The Canadian Forces rescued six crewmen from the Arca 1 with a cormorant helicopter from 14-Wing Greenwood. [Source: Yahoo News]

Video of the rescue is below, shared on Facebook by Darren Boutilier.

The Department of Fisheries told CBC that the crew is safe and that there was no fuel or contaminant leakage. The Canadian Coast Guard is present and monitoring.

Full story by CBC, including great photos by Rose Fricker Bonnar

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UPDATE: Thanks to a Facebook commenter, the original post incorrectly described the rescue helicopter as a Coast Guard aircraft. It is a Canadian Forces cormorant helicopter from 14 Greenwood air base.