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Pirates aiming to seize a Panama-flagged cargo vessel sailing in the Gulf of Guinea had all plans ruined as a helicopter with Russian marines came to the ship’s rescue, as a Northern Fleet destroyer was on patrol nearby.
The cargo ship ZHEN HUA 7 was on its way to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea under the flag of Liberia, when it was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, 78 nautical miles northwest of the African island state of Sao Tome and Principe on November 13 at around 1500 UTC.