The ship sent a helicopter to Turkish-flagged container vessel . `` Upon request for assistance , the aircraft lowered a rescue swimmer and recovered two Turkish mariners and returned to Bataan , '' it said . Turkish authorities said the cargo was loaded with weapons and ammunition for Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad. The men were then transferred to Greece 's Coast Guard .
The ship sent a helicopter to Turkish-flagged container vessel . Turkish authorities said the cargo was loaded with weapons and ammunition for Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad. The men were then transferred to Greece 's Coast Guard .