Australian Navy divers join hunt for pirates

A team of Australian Navy divers are on their way to the Horn of Africa to take on bands of heavily-armed Somali pirates.

Five highly-trained Navy personnel were among a group of Defence members who took the weekly Defence flight to the Middle East from Darwin last night.

The clearance divers will join the crew of HMAS Toowoomba, which has been serving in the Middle East since June, to ensure safe passage for ships through one of the most dangerous waters in the world.

More than 100 ships were attacked and 42 hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and the Somalia region last year, with 60 attacks and 25 successful hijackings already this year.

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