Eleven sailors has been rescued from a Mauritian tanker after it suffered engine trouble and began to drift towards Réunion Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, where it ran aground.<br />''<br />''It took more than six hours to recover the entire crew of the Tresta Star, which got into trouble at about 21:00 local time on Thursday. The rescue operation, undertaken by firefighters, proved to be particularly delicate.<br />''This was because the ship is partially stuck on the reefs as well as the difficult weather conditions linked to the effects of cyclone Batsirai.<br />''<br />''Réunion's top official Jacques Billant hailed the perilous, very technical and unprecedented operation carried out by the rescue teams mobilised in Saint-Philippe, in the south-east of the French island.<br />''<br />''The 11 survivors – seven Indians and four Bangladeshis – are all safe. They have been taken to an accommodation centre and are being looked after by a medical team.<br />''<br />