US Navy says crew on hijacked ship near Somalia are in good health
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A US Navy spokeswoman said on Monday that the crew on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry are, by all indications, in good health.
Lt. Stephanie Murdock, a 5th Fleet spokeswoman in Bahrain, said American officials are in contact with the master of the MV Faina, which is being held by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The vessel was seized by pirates late last month with 21 crew on board.
"From all indications everything is fine with the crew members on board," Murdock told The Associated Press. "I haven't heard anything to the contrary."
The hostages are Ukrainian, Latvian and Russian. Officials in Moscow said the ship's Russian captain died of a heart condition.
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