1985 Italian Cruise Ship Hijiacked

34 Years Ago on Monday 7th October 1985 the Italian passenger liner ACHILLE LAURO was hijacked by four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt while on passage from Alexandria to Ashdod IsraelA 69 year old Jewish American man in a wheelchair Leon Klinghoffer was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard.

1985 italian cruise ship hijiacked. 7 1985 the Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean. 7 heavily armed terrorists had hijacked the ship and 400 crewmembers and passengers. Posted in Terrorism.

8 1985 12 AM PT. Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. The Achille Lauro An Italian cruise ship sailing the Mediterranean hijacked on October 7 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists.

10 1985 the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro ends when US. Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked. The hijackers took the more.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner.

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Calling themselves the Palestine Liberation Front the gunmen demanded the release of 50 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel. On October 7 1985 four members of one of the PLOs factions the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Klinghoffer age 69 was from New York City and was vacationing with his. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Hijacked Italian cruise ship rescued by US. October 7 1985 Italian MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four men from the Palestine Liberation Front a liner which was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said.