Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF.

Achille lauro cruise ship hijackers. 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. Braynard a Long Island marine historian said of the Achille Lauro. On October 7 1985 four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian MS Achille Lauro liner off the coast of Egypt as she was.

The hijackers then murdered the 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer a retired wheelchair-bound Jewish American businessman and forced the ships barber and waiter to throw his body and wheelchair overboard. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. On 2 December 1994 while cruising off Somalia a major fire broke out in the ships engine room.

On October 7 1985 Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboardYou can license t. In 1987 Lauro Line was taken over by the Mediterranean Shipping Company and the company was renamed StarLauro. On November 30 1994 she caught fire while en route to South Africa off the coast of Somalia.

8 1985 the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro ah-KEE-leh LOW-roh killed American passenger Leon Klinghoffer who was in a wheelchair and threw his body 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. Named after the chairman of the company that came to own her the ship her keel.

The next day October 10 the four hijackers boarded an Egypt Air Boeing 737 airliner. The ship was declared a total loss. Achille Lauro now sailed on cruise after cruise until disaster struck.

The fire lasted for three days. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean SeaAboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew. The Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise liner from hell.