![Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips is seen at his home in Underhill, Vermont in this undated photo provided by his family April 8, 2009. The crew of the U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned freighter hijacked by pirates off Somalia retook control of the ship on Wednesday but their captain, Phillips, was still being held hostage on a lifeboat, the shipping line and a crew member said. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090409/000cf1a487730b47a87112.jpg "Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips is seen at his home in Underhill, Vermont in this undated photo provided by his family April 8, 2009. The crew of the U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned freighter hijacked by pirates off Somalia retook control of the ship on Wednesday but their captain, Phillips, was still being held hostage on a lifeboat, the shipping line and a crew member said. [Xinhua]") |
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Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips is seen at his home in Underhill, Vermont in this undated photo provided by his family April 8, 2009. The crew of the U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned freighter hijacked by pirates off Somalia retook control of the ship on Wednesday but their captain, Phillips, was still being held hostage on a lifeboat, the shipping line and a crew member said. [Xinhua]
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US officials say the crew is believed to be safe, but the three other pirates were thrown overboard. Pirates hijacked the US-flagged,
Danish-owned cargo ship in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, about 500 kilometers off the coast of Somalia.
The vessel with 20 US crew members on board was carrying emergency relief to Kenya when it was seized.
(CCTV April 9, 2009)
