The cargo-ship captain who was recently freed from his pirate captors boarded a company plane Friday at the airport in Mombasa, Kenya, for a flight back to the United States.

The crew of the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates last week, arrived in the United States early Thursday. Captain Richard Phillips arrived in Kenya but it is not known yet when he will return to the US.

The American sailor being held hostage by Somali pirates managed to jump off the lifeboat overnight but was recaptured.