AP Exclusive: Captain feared death in migrant hijack at sea
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“They refused to come with me and they fled while the plane was going after them.”The aircraft then contacted him with a second location and he went there, but lost contact with the plane and the boats, he said.He then directed his ship to Libya, saying the migrants believed they were headed to Europe and “were relaxed and happy and did nothing throughout the journey.”At 6 a.m. Wednesday, el-Hiblu alerted Libyan port authorities that he was nearing the coast and requested assistance from coast guards or naval forces, aware that the migrants would become upset at realizing they were returning to Libya.But help didn’t come.
As said here by MAGGIE MICHAEL, VANESSA GERA and STEPHEN CALLEJA