![]() ![]() How many Somali pirates were involved in the hijacking?ĭid Captain Phillips lock the bridge before the pirates came aboard? It worked and the pirate mothership and two of its accompanying speedboats turned back (in the movie there is one less speedboat), leaving only one pirate speedboat in pursuit of the Alabama. He disguised his voice to play the role of the Navy responder, hoping that the incoming pirates would overhear the communication and believe that assistance was on the way. After observing the pirate boats headed his way, the real Captain Phillips used his radio to fake a call to the U.S. New York Postĭid Captain Phillips really fake a call to the Navy to deter the pirate ships? We didn't know the exact situation." Certain members of the crew disagree, stating that they believe that the pirates were closer than seven miles and that the crew should have been going to their pirate stations. ![]() " They were seven miles away," says Phillips. Knowing that the pirates were approaching by boat, Captain Phillips ordered that the yearly fire drill be completed anyway. Was Captain Phillips conducting a security drill at the time of the pirate attack? The real Maersk Alabama container ship leaving its original destination of Mombasa, Kenya on April 21, 2009, eleven days after it had been attacked by Somalian pirates. ![]()
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