Phillips ignored every missive and later admitted he didn’t share these warnings - though they were not sent exclusively to him. In 2010, Phillips told CNN the Maersk was 300 miles off shore published reports from that time had the ship at 240. “I couldn’t tell you exactly the miles,” Phillips tells The Post. The Maersk was 235 miles off the coast, says the crew member, though Phillips has since rounded that number up to 300. Phillips has admitted that, on board, he got seven e-mails about increased piracy off Somalia - each exhorting ships to move farther offshore by at least 600 miles. “I want everything closed, locked, even in port.” Over this three-week period, 16 container ships in the same region had been attacked by pirates, and eight had been taken hostage.Īs the film opens, Hanks, as Phillips, is seen assiduously tending to safety protocols. “He was real arrogant.” Phillips says he knows nothing about such a plan. “He didn’t want anything to do with it, because it wasn’t his plan,” says the crew member. Should pirates get too close, the crew should cut the lights and power and lock themselves below deck. Left for him, says the crew member, was a detailed anti-piracy plan now used by all ships per the International Maritime Organization. Phillips had taken command of the Maerskin late March 2009. “He told them he wouldn’t let pirates scare him or force him to sail away from the coast.” “The crew had begged Captain Phillips not to go so close to the Somali coast,” said Deborah Waters, the attorney who brought the claim. for almost $50 million, alleging “willful, wanton and conscious disregard for their safety.” Phillips is a witness for the defense. “No one wants to sail with him,” he says.Īfter the hijacking, 11 crew members have sued Maersk Line and the Waterman Steamship Corp. Phillips, he says, had a bad reputation for at least 12 years prior, known as a sullen and self-righteous captain. He worked very closely with Phillips on the Maersk Alabama and was alarmed by his behavior from the beginning. “Phillips wasn’t the big leader like he is in the movie,” says one crew member, who, for legal reasons, spoke with The Post anonymously. The Maersk Alabama leaving the Port of Mombasa, Kenya in 2009. Richard Phillips, they say, is no hero, and the film is one big lie. Phillips’ crew, is none of it is true.Ĭapt. The only problem, say some members of the real Capt. It’s made for Hollywood: the story of an average American family man, captain of a cargo ship in dangerous waters, his vessel overtaken by armed Somali pirates demanding ransom, saving his crew by allowing himself to be removed from the boat and taken hostage.Īll of this is the basis for “Captain Phillips,” starring Tom Hanks as the titular, real-life hero. Showbiz veteran blasts Oscar nominees in ballot peekĭrugs near 2 ex-SEALs found dead on 'Captain Phillips' ship Why there are 9 Best Picture nominees at this year's Oscars
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