20/01/2014at 11:46

Border guard triggered false ship hijacking alarm

Captain mistook border guard in the Red Sea for pirates and thus launched distress signals.

BY POLITIKEN

The Captain thought it was a pirate attack. But the ship was boarded by border guards. The alarm has been called off.

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