Cruise Ship Hijack Attempt

NAIROBI Dec 2 Pirates chased and shot at a US cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships.

Cruise ship hijack attempt. However pirates have attacked a broad range of vessels with varying results. Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt Share this. AP NAIROBI Kenya Pirates chased and shot at a US.

NAIROBI Kenya AP Pirates chased and shot at a US. A bid by Somali pirates to hijack a luxury cruise ship was foiled by an international taskforce officials said on Monday as ransom negotiations for a. Pirates chased and shot at a US.

Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships a maritime official said Tuesday. Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed in their attempt to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international. International coalition warships stopped Somali pirates from hijacking a luxury cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden at the weekend the Danish navy said Monday.

Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt Source. Pirates chased and shot at a US. Achille Lauro hijacking.

The last hijack happened in 2017 when Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula yet this was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012. Pirates chased and shot at a US. Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships a maritime.

As part of its Learn from the past series SAFETY4SEA remembers the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian militants who posed as passengers resulting to the brutal murder of one passenger. Seabourn Spirit a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt by Asharq Al-Awsat Dec 2 2008 Middle East NAIROBI Kenya AP Pirates chased and shot at a US.