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The Maersk Alabama hijacking began on 8 April 2009, when four pirates in the Somali Basin seized the Danish/U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the United States Navy on April 12. [2]
Maersk Alabama then departed from the area with an armed escort, towards its original destination of the port of Mombasa. On Saturday, April 11, Maersk Alabama arrived in Mombasa, still under U.S. military escort. Captain Larry Aasheim then assumed command. Aasheim had previously been captain of the Maersk Alabama until Richard Phillips ...
MV Samho Jewelry, another hijacking involved in a similar rescue operation by South Korean forces. Operation Atalanta, a campaign of the European Union to stop piracy off the Somali coast. A Hijacking, a 2012 Danish film about the Maersk Alabama hijacking; Captain Phillips, a 2013 film starring Tom Hanks about the Maersk Alabama hijacking ...
(Reuters) - Two American security workers have been found dead on the Maersk Alabama, a ship made famous by the Hollywood movie "Captain Phillips" in 2013, an oil and shipping group said on Wednesday.
He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. [2] On 16 February 2011, Muse was convicted and sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in U.S. federal prison .
Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action-thriller film [4] [5] [6] directed by Paul Greengrass.Based on the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, the film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
On 12 April 2009, a team of United States Navy SEALs snipers killed the three pirates holding Captain Richard Phillips hostage aboard a lifeboat from Maersk Alabama, rescuing the captain; one pirate was captured alive that was already on board USS Bainbridge according to US Navy Vice Admiral William E. Gortney.