On Monday, October 25, Northern Fleet sailors rescued a cargo ship flying the Panama flag from pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
SOURCE: PRESS SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE < "The crew of the large anti-submarine ship" Vice-Civil Pirate Seizure "vessel in the Gulf of Guinea Atlantic, - says the report.
It is reported that an emergency signal was received from the container ship Lucia – the report spoke of unknown armed forces To help, a Ka-27PS helicopter with a Marine unit set out.
According to the ministry, the pirates fled the ship when they saw the helicopter, and then sailed toward the ship. coast, while an anti-terrorist group from a Russian ship was liberated by the crew of the ship Lucia.