MOGADISHU - A yacht with four Americans on board was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The S / V Quest, the name of the boat, owned by Jean and Adam Scott, an American couple that is making the boat trip around the world since 2004. In over six years, reports the New York Times, Adam sailed from New Zealand to Tahiti, the Galapagos Islands to Hawaii, as far as China and India.
According to the NGO said Ecoterra International, which monitors attacks on the seas, the vessel was arrested, about 440 kilometers off the coast of Oman and the four Americans who were on board are now held hostage by pirates. It seems that we are heading towards the Somali coast. The yacht was sailing from India and was heading towards Mina Raysout, the industrial port of Salalah, Oman.
He launched an SOS on Friday, while he was in the middle of the Indian Ocean. According to the itinerary released in December on their website, in the course of 2011, Adam had planned to stop in Sri Lanka, India, Oman, Djibouti, Suez and Crete. There is no mention in this post to the threat posed by the presence of pirates in Somali waters.
Pirates who have scored a number of actions in recent times and are becoming bolder: the second Ecoterra, there are 40 boats caught so far and 800 people ended up in their hands. They prefer larger ships and oil tankers, where they can obtain larger purchase, but do not despise small boats.
A pair of English was released in November, after being held for more than a year in prison under very difficult conditions in rural Somalia. For their release was paid one million dollars. 
According to the NGO said Ecoterra International, which monitors attacks on the seas, the vessel was arrested, about 440 kilometers off the coast of Oman and the four Americans who were on board are now held hostage by pirates. It seems that we are heading towards the Somali coast. The yacht was sailing from India and was heading towards Mina Raysout, the industrial port of Salalah, Oman.
He launched an SOS on Friday, while he was in the middle of the Indian Ocean. According to the itinerary released in December on their website, in the course of 2011, Adam had planned to stop in Sri Lanka, India, Oman, Djibouti, Suez and Crete. There is no mention in this post to the threat posed by the presence of pirates in Somali waters.
Pirates who have scored a number of actions in recent times and are becoming bolder: the second Ecoterra, there are 40 boats caught so far and 800 people ended up in their hands. They prefer larger ships and oil tankers, where they can obtain larger purchase, but do not despise small boats.
A pair of English was released in November, after being held for more than a year in prison under very difficult conditions in rural Somalia. For their release was paid one million dollars.
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