Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2011

Hijacked crew saved from pirates after sending message in a bottle

Somali pirates boarded the Montecristo, an Italian bulk carrier, in the Indian Ocean on Monday. Photograph: AP


The crew of the Montecristo resorted to a traditional seafaring means of communication when their ship was hijacked by pirates. They wrote a message, placed it in a bottle, and tossed it into the sea through a porthole.
The bottle was retrieved by Nato warships who were nearby after responding to an earlier call for help from the Italian merchantman. The message inside, and

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