[BITList] priacy drama

[x50type at cox.net]

        captain ignored warnings ................
        ct

              Crew of Va. Ship in Piracy Drama Sues for $50M
               
              Share
              Email
              Comment
              Print
              Text Size
              - / +

              NORFOLK, Va. May 26, 2012 (AP)
              More than half the crew members of a container ship that was at the center of a piracy drama off Somalia in April 2009 are suing for nearly $50 million, contending their captain ignored warnings to sail clear of pirate-infested waters off Africa.

              The lawsuits have been filed by 11 crew members aboard the Maersk Alabama, a Norfolk-based ship, the Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/JsIQoz) reported Saturday. The five-day standoff ended when Navy SEALs killed three of Capt. Richard Phillips' captors.

              While Phillips was hailed as a hero, his former crew members allege his actions put them in grave danger when the ship sailed within about 250 miles of the African coast despite warnings to stay at least 600 miles offshore because of the threat of piracy.

              Phillips is not named in the lawsuits, filed in courts in Norfolk and Mobile, Ala. The newspaper said it could not reach him for comment, and The Associated Press could not immediately locate a phone number for him.

              Named in the suits are the owner of the ship, Maersk Line Ltd., and Waterman Steamship Corp. The Alabama company operated and provided the crew for the ship under a contract.






-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20120526/c2d88557/attachment-0001.shtml