Italian Cruise Ship Hijacked

The hijacking of the Achille Lauro in 1985 resulted in death of one passenger.

Italian cruise ship hijacked. Named after the chairman of the company that came to own her the ship her keel was laid in 1939 suffered an onboard explosion in. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew.

Twenty-five years ago today on October 7 1985 the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front. On October 7th 1985 the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Alexandria Egypt. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1985 the Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by armed terrorists representing the Palestine Liberation Front PLF off the coast of Egypt as the ship made its way to Port Said at the mouth of the Suez Canal. The hijackers changed the route of. They murdered Leon Klinghoffer an elderly wheelchair-bound American Jew and took some 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers hostage.

Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. Klinghoffer age 69 was from New York City and was vacationing with his wife Marilyn and their friends when four heavily armed terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship after it left Port Said Egypt. They demanded the release of 50 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel and specifically threatened to kill the US.

The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded. A group of armed Palestinians hijacked an Italian cruise ship with more than 400 people aboard--most of them crew members--off the Egyptian coast. This past week saw authorities issue travel warnings about terrorist threats in Europe.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. As part of its Learn from the past series SAFETY4SEA remembers the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian militants who posed as passengers resulting to the brutal murder of one passenger.