Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers

Achille Lauro now sailed on cruise after cruise until disaster struck.

Achille lauro cruise ship hijackers. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak persuaded the hijackers to surrender but not before they shot to death a wheelchair-bound Jewish passenger from the United States.

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Achille Lauro hijacking. The Night US Navy F-14s and Italian F-104s Clashed Over Egyptian Boeing 737 Carrying Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. The Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise liner from hell. The attack lasted only two days.

Syria refused to permit the ship to anchor in its waters which prompted more threats from the hijackers. They were flown towards Tunisia aboard an Egyptian commercial airliner. Its an extremely interesting ship from various standpoints Frank O.

On this day October 7 in 1985 four heavily-armed members of the Palestinian Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship off the coast of Egypt that was traveling from. Learn how your comment data is processed. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury linerThe well.

You must be logged in to post a comment. A tragic example of maritime terrorism. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct.