Maersk Alabama hijacking | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-31

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00:01:03 1 History
00:01:12 1.1 The hijacking
00:04:02 1.2 Rescue
00:07:57 1.3 Trial
00:08:43 2 Subsequent incidents
00:09:00 2.1 UDT-SEAL museum
00:09:56 3 See also
00:10:50 4 Notes
00:10:59 5 External links



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The Maersk Alabama hijacking was a series of maritime events that began on 8 April 2009 with four pirates in the Indian Ocean seizing the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the U.S. Navy on 12 April 2009. It was the first successful pirate seizure of a ship registered under the American flag since the early 19th century. Many news reports referenced the last pirate seizure as being during the Second Barbary War in 1815, although other incidents had occurred as late as 1821. It was the sixth vessel in a week to be attacked by pirates who had previously extorted ransoms in the tens of millions of dollars.
The story of the incident was reported in the 2010 book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Stephan Talty and Captain Richard Phillips, who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident. The hijacking also inspired the 2013 film Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks.