Brit security guards jump into sea as pirates hijack chemical tanker
Guardian
Three British security guards on board a chemical tanker hijacked today by Somali pirates have been rescued by helicopter, after jumping into the sea to escape.
Diplomats, who could not be identified, said a warship on patrol nearby had sent helicopters to intervene in the attack, but they arrived after the pirates had taken control of the Liberian-flagged ship.
The diplomats – who did not specify which country the warship came from – said that 25 Indian and two Bangladeshi crew members remain on board the vessel.