Redemption for the "Dog Star" dropped by parachute.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off Somali04.01.2009Somaliyskie pirates seized a tanker with diesel toplivomVykup Somali pirates seized the tanker Sirius Star, was dropped by parachute from aboard a small plane, says the British newspaper The Daily Mail .

On the side of the U.S. Navy ship, which is close to the pirates seized the tanker, January 9, were the images, which show how a plastic container filled with cash, descending by parachute on the deck of the ship. According to unofficial data, the pirates who demanded for the tanker to 25 million dollars, agreed to release the vessel for a ransom of 3 million.

According to witnesses from the American warship, after a container of cash landed on the deck of the tanker, there was a fight between pirates. As long as pirates shared prey, the strong wave smyla boat, where they were going to get to shore. Five people who were in the boat, were killed, one missing, two others managed to escape, told Somali sources involved in the capture tanker group of pirates. The fate of redemption, they did not specify, saying only that all the pirates left the board "Dog Star".

Tanker Sirius Star with a cargo of oil from Saudi Arabia was seized by Somali pirates 15 November, 2008. The tanker, according to unofficial data, carrying about 2 million barrels of oil. Reported that the pirates initially demanded for the ship 25 million dollars, and then reduced the amount of ransom to 15 million. January 9, it was reported on the release of the tanker. None of the ship's crew was not injured.