Ten Filipino seafarers abducted by pirates in the Gulf of Oman were reunited with their families in the Philippines Saturday after spending more than six months in captivity.
The Filipinos were welcomed by their families at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said. They were part of the 19 Philippine nationals who comprised the crew of the Panamanian-flagged, Greek-owned MV Dover.
Aside from the Filipinos also released were three Romanians and a Russian who served in the ship.
The remaining Filipino crew of the MV Dover are expected to arrive in the Philippines in the coming days.
Radio reports said that the MV Dover, a bulk carrier, was boarded by pirates last February 28 as it was travelling in the Gulf of Oman, 260 nautical miles North East of Salalah in the North Arabian Sea.
The pirates had commandeered the vessel and took it to Somalia where the captors demanded ransom for the release of the ship and its crewmen.
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