<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-8 Ephreli 2009, iBainbridge yathunyelwa njengempendulo esimweni sokuthathwa kweziboshwa lapho izigebengu zaseSomalia zithathe khona umkhumbi weziqukathi owawuphethe ifulegi laseMelika,. Abasebenzi bomkhumbi i-Maersk Alabama bakwazile ukubalekela endaweni ephephile, ngemva kokuba ukaputeni wabo ethathwe njengeziboshwa yizigebengu zasolwandle. Ukaputeni uRichard Phillips wayiswa esikebheni sokusindisa abantu, futhi wenqaba ukukhululwa emzamweni ongaphumelelanga wokumshintshanisa nesigebengu esasithunjwe iqembu lomkhumbi. Umcuphi walandelwa futhi kamuva wavimbezela abaphangi bemikhumbi baseSomalia ngesikhathi sokungqubuzana, ngaleso sikhathi abaphangi bemikhumbi kanye ne Bainbridge baqala ukuxoxisana ngokukhululwa okuphephile kukaputeni owayeboshwe. Ngo-April 12, 2009, uKaputeni uPhillips wakhululwa - ngokwemibiko esesimweni esihle - ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa iqembu le-US Navy SEAL  <response>: . futhi. Abathathu abaphangi basolwandle baseSomalia babulawa abacibisheli be-US Navy SEAL ababesemkhunjini i-Bainbridge, futhi omunye waboshwa. 