1985 Italian Cruise Ship Hijiacked

Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd she was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985.

1985 italian cruise ship hijiacked. Posted in Terrorism. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom. In other incidents she also suffered two serious collisions and four onboard fires or explosions.

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. 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. Italian Cruise Ship Hijacked Off Egypt by Palestinians.

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 named Leon. 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. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Hijacked Italian cruise ship rescued by US.

The gunmen are demanding. Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked. 400 People Are on Liner By DON A.

The Italian cruise ship was hijacked in 1985 by four terrorists members of the Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella Sicily.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. QuestionWhat was the name of the Italian cruise ship hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in 1985. On October 7 1985 Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro pictured in 1986 or 1987 after it left Alexandria Egypt killing one American.