Sentence examples for hijacking off from inspiring English sources

"12 May will be the one-year anniversary of no successful hijacking off the coast of Somalia".

It was Ken Quinn, a second mate from the American container ship that was hijacked off Somalia in April.

That film follows the fate of Richard Phillips, whose cargo ship the Maersk Alabama was the first US-flagged vessel to be hijacked off Somalia, in April 2009.

The vessel, the MV Eglantine, was hijacked off the north-western Hoarafush island.

The combination of erratic weather patterns, the global economic crisis and heightened conflict and insecurity including the hijacking of ships off the Somali coast are all contributing to the emergency.

Mr. Muse was originally charged in the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama off Somalia.

Centering on the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia, "Captain Phillips" co-stars a number of first-time Somali actors as they and Hanks' titular character standoff over the course of a hijacking.

The pirates, who were detained in 2008 following the hijacking of two ships off the coast of Somalia, will receive between 2000 and 5000 euros ($2,500 and $6,150) each.

If you bought a car that could be hijacked with off-the-shelf keys made available over the Internet, you might be tempted to sue the automaker for not doing more to secure the vehicle.

By that time, many civilians had come to the site of the hijacking to siphon off gasoline from the trucks.

This tally does not even include the hundreds of foreign crew members of the dozens of ships that have been hijacked off Somalia's coast this year.