1985 The Cruise Ship Achille Lauro

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 Israel.

1985 the cruise ship achille lauro. As such only 97 remained onboard. 7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. On October 7 1985 the Achille Lauro an Italian-flag cruise ship was seized while sailing from Alexandria to Port Said The hijackers members of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO2 had boarded the ship in Genoa posing as tourists.

The Achille Lauro Hijacking These sons of bitches must be prosecuted On October 7 1985 four men including mastermind Muhammad Zaidan aka Mohammed Abul al-Abbas from the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian MS Achille Lauro liner off the coast of Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Ashdod Israel. 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. Achille Lauro Hijacking The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on the 3 rd October 1985 with 748 passengers for a twelve ay cruise on the Mediterranean Sea.

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. The Achille Lauro traveled to the Syrian port of Tartus where the terrorists demanded negotiations on October 8. Half of her passengers had left the ship for an excursion overland to Port Said when the terrorists seized her.

The MS Achille Lauro caught on fire and sank 125 miles off the coast of Somalia while I was working on board as a crew member. MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples Italy. 1985 October 07 Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to.

A 69 year old Jewish American man in a wheelchair Leon Klinghoffer was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard. They killed an elderly American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and threw him and his wheelchair overboard. 10 1985 after Egyptian authorities stopped it from sailing to the Israeli port of Ashdod.

As the first Chandris charter season was slowly coming towards an end of what had been an excellent first season the Achille Lauro departed Genoa on October 3 1985 for a 11-day cruise visiting. Syria refused to permit the ship to anchor in its. In October 1985 four members of the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the liner off Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said.