Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Tafiya: Jirgin ruwan, wanda ya fito daga Salalah, Oman ya nufi Mombasa, Kenya bayan ya tsaya a Djibouti tare da ma'aikatan 23, dauke da metric ton 17,000 (19,000 short ton) na kaya. A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, 2009, 'yan fashin teku huɗu da ke kan FV Win Far 161 sun kai wa jirgin hari. Dukkanin 'yan fashin teku huɗu suna tsakanin shekaru 17 zuwa 19, a cewar Sakataren Tsaro na Amurka Robert Gates.Mambobin ma'aikatan Maersk Alabama sun sami horo game da fashin teku daga makarantun horar da ƙungiya, kuma sun yi rawar jiki a cikin jirgin a ranar da ta gabata. Horarwarsu ta hada da amfani da kananan makamai, yaki da ta'addanci, aminci na asali, taimakon gaggawa, da sauran kwasa-kwasan da suka shafi tsaro. Lokacin da ƙararrawar ɗan fashin teku ta yi sauti a safiyar ranar 8 ga Afrilu, Babban Injiniya Mike Perry ya kawo mambobi 14 na ma'aikatan jirgin zuwa cikin "ɗakin tsaro" wanda injiniyoyin ke cikin aikin ƙarfafawa don irin wannan dalili. Yayin da 'yan fashin teku suka matso kusa, sauran ma'aikatan jirgin sun harba bindigogi. Bugu da kari, Perry da 1st A / E (Mataimakin Injiniya) Matt Fisher sun yi amfani da jirgin ruwan jirgin, wanda ya mamaye jirgin ruwan 'yan fashin teku. Duk da haka, an shiga jirgin. Perry ya fara sarrafa babban injin daga gada kuma 1st A / E Matt Fisher ya dauki iko da kayan aiki. Daga nan sai Perry ya kashe dukkan tsarin jirgin kuma dukkan jirgin ya "zama baƙi". 'Yan fashin teku sun kama Kyaftin Richard Phillips da wasu ma'aikatan jirgin bayan' yan mintoci kaɗan bayan hawan jirgin, amma ba da daɗewa ba suka gano cewa ba za su iya sarrafa jirgin ba.  Tambaya: Wanene ya sa dukan jirgin ya yi duhu?
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