This is the first time I have ever heard of paying off pirates by using the paracargo method. I imagine the chute was a guided system so it landed where they wanted it to go. What a dramatic finish to the world’s biggest ship hijacking, and this one is for the books. Then the clown shoe pirates sank in their get away boat, and lost their loot to Davy Jones. You can’t make this stuff up, and thanks to Doug for sending me this. –Matt
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The apparent ransom payment is delivered via a parachuted container to pirates holding the Sirius Star.
Pictured: The moment a $3million ransom was parachuted to Somali pirates
By David Gardner
Last updated at 11:53 PM on 09th January 2009
This is the dramatic moment a ransom of $3million was paid to Somali pirates to end the world’s biggest ship hijacking.
The canister full of cash was parachuted onto the Sirius Star – observed by the U.S. Navy who provided these images – and the two-month ordeal of the 25 crew, including two Britons, was finally over.
However things went badly wrong for the pirates soon after the drop – they squabbled over how to split the money and then a wave washed off their getaway boat and drowned five of them.