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Aasheim had previously been captain of the Maersk Alabama until Richard Phillips relieved him eight days prior to the pirate attack. An 18-man marine security team was on board. [15] The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation secured the ship as a crime scene. [16] Phillips was held captive in the lifeboat by Somali pirates for five days.
The story of the incident was reported by Captain Richard Phillips, who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident, in the 2010 book A Captain's Duty, which he co-wrote with Stephan Talty. The book was later adapted as the U.S. 2013 film Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
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 .
(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.
"Phillips and Maersk put the men in harm's way, in spite of warnings to keep them out of the pirate-infested waters. They did so for financial gain," an attorney for the litigants said at the time ...
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 .
The crew attempted to exchange this captured pirate, whom they had kept tied up for twelve hours, [14] for Captain Phillips. The captured pirate was released, but the pirates refused to release Phillips in exchange. Since the battery had died on the open-air boat, they left in the ship's covered lifeboat, taking Phillips with them. [15]
Next weekend, the Oscar-winning actor comes to big screens in the titular role in Columbia Pictures' Captain Phillips. If you're Sony , you turn to Hollywood's top earner: Tom Hanks.