Their training included the use of small arms, anti-terror, basic safety, first aid, and other security-related courses. The crew members of the Maersk Alabama had received anti-piracy training from union schools, and had drilled aboard the ship a day prior. All four pirates were between 17 and 19 years old, according to U.S. On April 8, 2009, four pirates based on a captured Taiwanese fishing vessel named the Win Far 161 attacked the ship. The Alabama, originating from Salalah, Oman was bound for Mombasa, Kenya after a stop in Djibouti with a crew of 23, loaded with 17,000 metric tons of cargo. The hijacking also inspired a 2013 biographical film, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks as Phillips. The story of the incident has inspired a book, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days, written by Stephan Talty and Maritime Captain Richard Phillips, who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident. It was the sixth vessel in a week to be attacked by pirates who had previously extorted ransoms in the tens of millions of dollars. Many news reports referenced the last pirate seizure as being during the Second Barbary War in 1815, although this is not necessarily correct. It was the first successful pirate seizure of a ship registered under the American flag for nearly two centuries. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the U.S.
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The MV Maersk Alabama hijacking was a series of maritime events that began with four pirates in the Indian Ocean seizing the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama 240 nautical miles (440 km 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia.
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