Cruise Ship Hijack Attempt

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 ship hijack attempt. Cruise ship 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. Columbia Cruise Service which operates RGCS Resolute issued the following statement about the incident. Cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with.

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. They murdered Leon Klinghoffer an elderly wheelchair-bound American Jew and took some 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers hostage. 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.

AP NAIROBI Kenya Pirates chased and shot at a US. 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. Pirates chased and shot at a US.

However pirates have attacked a broad range of vessels with varying results. Achille Lauro hijacking. 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.

Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. On 7 October 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro as it was sailing from Alexandria Egypt to Ashdod Israel. 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.

The Venezuelan ship appears to have been trying to seize the cruise ship which is designed to safely sail through icy waters. But where you sail. A tragic example of maritime terrorism.