NAIROBI, KENYA (TIP): Two American security officers have been found dead on a ship made famous when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to a statement on Wednesday by Seychelles police.

The two Americans, Jeffrey Reynolds and Mark Kennedy, both 44, were found dead Tuesday in a cabin on the Maersk Alabama, the ship hijacked by pirates in 2009, an event dramatized in the movie “Captain Phillips” starring Tom Hanks, according to a statement issued by police in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles.

The police gave no cause of death but said a post mortem has been scheduled. The US Coast Guard stated from its headquarters in Washington that it is also investigating the deaths.