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Pirates fire on Navy helicopter off Somalia |
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08.28.2009 |
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Somali pirates holding a hijacked ship off the coast of Somalia fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter as it made a surveillance flight over the vessel, the first such attack by pirates on a U.S. military aircraft, the Navy said Thursday.
The helicopter, which is based on the USS Chancellorsville, was not hit, the Navy said. The helicopter did not return fire.
The copter was flying Wednesday over a Taiwanese-flagged vessel, which pirates seized along with its 30-member crew in April and were holding south of the Somali port town of Hobyo.
Since seizing the vessel, the pirates have used it as a base for attacking other commercial ships, including the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama.
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