Cruise Ship Attacked By Pirates 2017

The Seabourn Spirit had been bound for Kenya when it was attacked by pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns on Saturday about 100 miles off.

Cruise ship attacked by pirates 2017. That is prevention 101. Cruise ships pose a far more complex scenario. Fears of a possible pirate attack forced a cruise ship.

A CRUISE ship was attacked by two boatloads of weapon-wielding pirates and one passenger caught it on video. I always used to thought that pirates were in ancient days but yes I can remember some incidents from recent past about attacking of cruise ships. An MSC Cruises ship carrying 1000 passengers and 500 crew has come under fire from pirates.

Unknown no ransom paid On 13 March 2017 Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland. No one on the ship was injured and the vessel was able to speed away f. And typically there are military ships planeshelicopters that can be dispatched to deal with pirates.

That year there were 51 attacks on bulk carriers recorded. All the statistics quoted in the article relate to incidents in Gulf of Aden AKA Pirate Alley as it is the most treacherous stretch of water in terms of piracy. But for the 1900 passengers sailing from Sydney to Dubai aboard the Sea Princess that impossibility seemed all too real as their ocean liner became a ghost ship for 10 nights.

Of the many things that could go wrong on a luxury cruise a potential pirate attack doesnt come to mind. The latest of such news was the events of the summer of 2017 when Sea Princess being on the World Cruise with more than 1900 passengers on board was forced to resort to a 10-day anti-piracy disguise. The ship was taking oil from Djibouti to.

Terrified tourists who paid up to 55000 for 100-day Sydney to Dubai cruise are ordered to switch off lights and music from dusk until dawn for 10 days because of risk of attack by Somali PIRATES. However pirates have attacked a broad range of vessels with varying results. Cruise ships and most other vessels respond to the threat of attack by pirates by employing safety in numbers.