Maersk alabama pirates bodies. Maersk alabama hijacking incident involving the seizure of a us flagged cargo ship by four somali pirates in the indian ocean on april 8 2009. The maersk alabamas home port is in norfolk va where its parent company maersk line ltd. Navy to unidentified recipients in somalia in the last week of april 2009.
The bodies of the three dead pirates were turned over by the us. Although the crew eventually repelled the attackers capt. A fourth pirate abduwali muse aboard bainbridge and negotiating for phillips release while being treated for an injury sustained in the takeover of maersk alabama remained in custody.
Former navy seals bodies discovered after ship docked in seychelles two former navy seals working as security contractors aboard the maersk alabama were found dead tuesday aboard the container. Richard phillips was taken hostage aboard one of the maersk alabamas lifeboats.