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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:21 pm    Post subject: Somali pirates get $3m parachuted in... Reply with quote


This doesn't ring true for me - how high was the plane when it dropped 'the cash', while aiming at such a narrow target? The wind could have easily blown it off course from that height, which the pilot must have realised. I suppose he might have been scared of being shot at though, but still...
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Skylace
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I heard it reported it was a helicopter not a plane that dropped off the ransom.
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Mandozilla



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Plane, I too find very hard to believe. Helicopter... doable. But the whole thing seems a bit simple. I need to find out more about these pirates because it seems that ask for a ransom on land = no chance of getting away with it. Steal some oil on the water = free lunch. Maybe there will be/is more to it.
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luke



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm sure i read the other day that after getting the ransom their getaway boat sunk and they all drowned ...
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