The crew of the French yacht Le Ponant "was the pirate who wanted to seize their ship, little to oppose. With the help of simple fire-fighting pumps they wanted to ward off pirates. An exercise in futility. The kidnappers shot with automatic weapons.
The captain of the French cruise ship "Le Ponant, Patrick Marchesseau, has described the first time details of the attack Somali pirates. In the attack on the Le Ponant were "operating in accordance with his instructions 20-30 pirates. The crew of three Masters have tried in vain to keep the pirates at bay with cannons, "he said in the daily newspaper" Le Figaro ".
When the pirates began to fire with Kalashnikovs, were Marchesseau on the resistance. The "Le Ponant" was on 4 was released last Friday - April hijacked by pirates, and against payment of a ransom from - to press reports, about two million dollars (1.27 million euro). Meanwhile, the crew of the glider on the flight home from Djibouti to Paris. Via: www.welt.de
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