The crew of "Faina" was planning to revolt against the pirates.

SyuzhetyZahvat pirates Ukrainian vessel "Faina" 15.02.2009Polovinu redemption for the "Faina" paid biznesmenyChleny Ukrainian crew seized by Somali pirates the ship "Faina" planned riot, reported RIA Novosti. This is a Russian sailor Viktor Nikolsky, Acting captain of the ship, said in an interview with radio station Ekho Moskvy in St. Petersburg. "According to Nicholas, the idea to raise a rebellion among seafarers not immediately, but after having studied the lifestyle of the pirates. But rebellion is not to be identified because the crew members were razdeleny.V the same interview Nicholas told that attempts to force the release of seafarers could lead to undesirable consequences: after the pirates could tighten the content of seafarers on other vessels and taken to abandon the talks. He also expressed bewilderment weak protection of a dry cargo ship carrying several dozen tanks, ammunition and granatomety.Nikolsky commented on the deat!
h of a dry cargo ship captain Vladimir Kolobkova, saying that he felt ill a few days before the seizure, and, apparently, it was a hypertonic crisis.
The crew of "Faina" held captive by pirates in more than four months: from September 25 to February 5. For the release of the vessel and the seamen had been paid a ransom of $ 3.2 million dollars. Among the seamen were three citizens of Russia. Two of them returned to St. Petersburg on 13 February.