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Our comrades were compelled to take control of the ship before reaching the specified target. We wish to mention that the course toward Arab ports was the result of the situation and the confusion into which the squad fell." [4] At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 9, the Achille Lauro anchored off Port Said. While the hostages remained in the ...
Leon Klinghoffer (September 24, 1916 – October 8, 1985) was an American man who was shot, killed and thrown overboard from the cruise ship Achille Lauro by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front who hijacked the ship in 1985.
Pirate gangs controlled by local warlords started to capture passing merchant ships in an attempt to gain funding by ransoming the ships and their crews. As the raids became successful, the pirates became bolder. They began seizing UN aid ships, and even attacked a cruise liner attempting to capture it for ransom. The U.S. and Coalition vessels ...
When a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, Escape, ran aground in the Dominican Republic four days into the cruise, guests were hopeful the ship would find its way again. Instead, over 2,000 people were ...
Guest who went overboard the world’s largest ship has still not been found Passenger on world’s largest cruise ship goes overboard near Florida coast Skip to main content
USRC Louisiana and USS Peacock manned with several cutter men would engage HMS Speedwell, Alabama engaged pirates again, which resulted in the taking of five more pirate ships. This campaign was the beginning of the Anti-piracy, Coastal Defense, and Maritime law enforcement mission which is still practiced in the modern U.S. Coast Guard today.
A Florida woman alleges in a federal lawsuit her husband died aboard a cruise ship and the luxury liner’s staff failed to properly preserve his body.
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.