Crippled liner heads for Seychelles

Helicopters ferried food, phones and flashlights to more than 1,000 passengers and crew stuck aboard a disabled cruise ship being towed to the Seychelles Islands through waters prowled by pirates.

Those aboard the Costa Allegra, a sister ship of the cruise liner that capsized off Italy last month, face more stifling days and nights before the vessel docks in the tropical paradise.