1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

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1980 cruise ship hijacking. By Charles R. The trip of a lifetime takes a twist when slave trading pirates hijack the ship with only our two heroes to stop them. 7 1985 the Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean.

Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew. Cruise Ship Industry from 1980 to 1989. 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.

There are also a number of new cruise lines formed in the 1980s such as Seabourn Windstar Dolphin Regency Crystal Renaissance and. They had weapons hidden in their luggage. Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel a maritime.

Pirates HIJACKING Carnival Cruise. There are said to be 420 passengers and crew on board the ship. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.

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. Deltas most prominent -- and only publicly acknowledged -- mission was the attempted rescue in April 1980. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner.

The Williamsburg brought 359 passengers and crew safely to Valdez. On October 11 1980 the Prinsendam capsized and sunk only 7 years after being built. 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.