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The crew of the "Hannibal II" arrived back in Tunisia on Mar 22 after being released by Somali pirates. A $2 million ransom was paid to free the sailors. The ship's 31 crew members, including 22 Tunisians, were released on March 17. A unit of French Marines first had to find the ship, and later on, another unit had to ensure the ship's safety until it made it to Djibouti. The Tunisian government also dispatched an aircraft with a military medical team to fly the crew home from Djibouti.
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Ecoterra Intl reports: The Tunisian tanker MT HANNIBAL II was finally released this morning and is now proceeding to Djibouti with a navy escort. All the crew are in good health after a detention of 127 days, said the owners of the vessel. Vessel was highjacked on Nov 11 2010, enroute Malaysia – Suez, with cargo vegetable oil, some 860 nm E off The Horn of Africa. Crew 31: 23 Tunisians, 4 Filipinos, 1 Croatian, 1 Georgian, 1 Russian and 1 Moroccan.
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In the early morning of Dec 17, 2010, the Combined Maritime Force joined forces with EUNAVFOR to evacuate a crew member from the "Hannibal II" after reports were received that he had a possible appendicitis. The tanker has been hijacked on 11 November and is currently at anchor off Garacad on the North East Coast of Somalia. The Tunisian master of the ship contacted the authorities on Dec 16 stating that he had a crew member with severe stomach pains on board and requested assistance. He also stated that he had reached an agreement with the pirates allowing the sick man to be picked up and transferred to a navy ship for treatment if a transfer could be arranged. The Thai warship "TNS Pattani" responded to the call together with the German warship "Hamburg". The sick crewmember was transferred by an RHIB from the vessel to the "TNS Pattani" before being moved to the "Hamburg", which had more suitable medical facilities, by helicopter. The patient was treated by the German medical staff on board.
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