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Richard Phillips (born May 16, 1955) is an American merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the MV Maersk Alabama during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009. [ 1 ] Early life and education
The ships reached Maersk Alabama early on 9 April. [14] [15] Maersk Alabama was then escorted from the scene to its original destination of Mombasa where Captain Larry D. Aasheim took command of the ship. Phillips had relieved Aasheim nine days earlier. [16]
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. [3]
(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.
While shooting the 2013 biographical drama Captain Phillips, which tells the story of the 2009 siege of the Danish–U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama by four Somali pirates, Hanks had to shoot what ...
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.
He also starred alongside Tom Hanks as one of the captured crew aboard the Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in the 2013 film Captain Phillips.
Captain Phillips may refer to: Richard Phillips (merchant mariner), captain of the MV Maersk Alabama taken hostage by Somali pirates in April 2009 Captain Phillips, a 2013 film about Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 piracy incident; Captain Phillips, the 2013 soundtrack to the film of the same title