1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

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1980 cruise ship hijacking. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. They had weapons hidden in their luggage.

While the plan called for a peaceful takeover of the Santa Maria the third officer who was the officer of the deck at the time resisted and was shot dead. Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. Pirates HIJACKING Carnival Cruise.

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. By Charles R. Delta Force Probe Suspended During Cruise Ship Hijacking.

The gunmen are demanding the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. There are also a number of new cruise lines formed in the 1980s such as Seabourn Windstar Dolphin Regency Crystal Renaissance and.

The Williamsburg brought 359 passengers and crew safely to Valdez. The ship involved in the hijacking the Achille Lauro returned to cruise duty until she was caught on fire off the coast of Somalia on November 30 1994. With Cody Nicole Nicole Black Camilla Franklin Eve Evans.

Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a US. Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel a maritime. The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.