1985 Italian Cruise Ship Hijiacked

Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked.

1985 italian cruise ship hijiacked. The hijackers took the more. 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. 10 1985 the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro ends when US.

In 1985 members of the Palestinian Liberation Front hijacked the Italian liner Achille Lauro. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom. Four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship the Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. The hijackers changed the route of. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Hijacked Italian cruise ship rescued by US.

Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella Sicily. This month is the 25th year anniversary of the death of cruise ship passenger Leon Klinghoffer an American Jew who was killed by Palestinian terrorists who hijacked the cruise ship he was sailing on with his wife in the Mediterranean Sea in 1985. 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.

They demanded the release of Palestinians prisoners held in Israel. Terrorists Demand Israel Release Prisoners. 400 People Are on Liner By DON A.

Klinghoffer age 69 was from New York City and was vacationing with his. 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. MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples Italy.