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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.
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 .
The actual lifeboat in which Captain Phillips was held hostage is now on display at the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, FL. [28] An example of the Scan Eagle UAV used to monitor the crisis is also on display. [29] Captain Phillips, a film based on the hijacking, was released in 2013.
Phillips publicly thanks sailors for his dramatic rescue at sea. American publisher Hyperion Books optioned the rights for Phillips' memoir in May 2009. [42] On April 6, 2010, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea, was released. [43] [44] [45]
Captain Phillips was a huge box office success when it was released in 2013, ... Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed at the start of a holiday-shortened week. Finance. ABC News.
Phillips was substantively promoted to captain in July 1975, [9] and retired from the Army on 30 March 1978. [10] Phillips continued to style himself Captain Mark Phillips, [11] as it is usual for retired cavalry captains to keep using their former rank if their civilian job involves working with horses, in particular in racing or equestrian ...
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.
(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.