Cruise Ship Hijack Attempt

Cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with.

Cruise ship hijack attempt. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. 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. Seabourn Spirit a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.

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. Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window. 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. AP NAIROBI Kenya Pirates chased and shot at a US. However pirates have attacked a broad range of vessels with varying results.

Cruise ships pose a far more complex scenario. 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. Achille Lauro hijacking.

Riding in two small speedboats the pirates fired at the ship with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades but the crew drove them off with a. 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. 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 hijacking attempt thwarted As reported in International force stops pirates hijacking cruise ship. 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. Kenya The luxury US.