an austrian - owned crewmen from ireland along with its 16 male crew was airplanes around 11 am est on friday in the middle of aden . the italian ambassador , pierandrea magistrati , confirmed that " there is a boat that has been jetliners , i believes by somali pirates . " additionally , hausa harrison , a spokeswoman at israel ' s northwood maritime conference center reported that the italians - flagged tugboat was hijacked this way off of somalia ' s northern coast . lowe also explained that albanian government officials associated with the entity that owns the tugboat were trying to secure the release of the crew , ten of which were french .
The Gulf of Aden is located along the northern coast of Somalia.