Cruise Ship Attacked By Pirates 2017

All the statistics quoted in the article relate to incidents in Gulf of Aden AKA Pirate Alley as it is the most treacherous stretch of water in terms of piracy.

Cruise ship attacked by pirates 2017. However we know the cases when pirates threatened cruise ships after 2012. A CRUISE ship was attacked by two boatloads of weapon-wielding pirates and one passenger caught it on video. Unknown no ransom paid On 13 March 2017 Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland.

Of the many things that could go wrong on a luxury cruise a potential pirate attack doesnt come to mind. And typically there are military ships planeshelicopters that can be dispatched to deal with pirates. The MV NAUTICA carrying more than 1000 people was attacked off the coast of Somalia by pirates.

Terrified tourists who paid up to 55000 for 100-day Sydney to Dubai cruise are ordered to switch off lights and music from dusk until dawn for 10 days because of risk of attack by Somali PIRATES. In fact this was the last of the recorded pirate attacks on cruise ships. No one on the ship was injured and the vessel was able to speed away f.

Taken from one of the ships windows the footage captured a boat of at least four Somalian pirates wielding weapons. That is prevention 101. This latest pirate attack is not the first on a cruise ship.

Published on Wednesday August 9 2017 Cruise ship at risk of pirate attack imposed 10-night curfew. Passengers on board PO cruise ship Aurora travelling on its annual world cruise earlier this year were summoned to a briefing from the. Fears of a possible pirate attack forced a cruise ship.

A cruise ship that was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden is now docked in Oman. In January 2011 now-defunct Spirit of Adventures ship of the same name encountered suspected pirates in. In 2020 the type of ship most attacked by pirates was a bulk carrier.