1985 Italian Cruise Ship Hijiacked

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1985 italian cruise ship hijiacked. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom. Hijacker Released Early For Good Behavior After serving 24 years in prison the last of the four Palestinians. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Hijacked Italian cruise ship rescued by US.

MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples Italy. 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. The Italian cruise ship was hijacked in 1985 by four terrorists members of the Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Leader of the PLF Muhammad Zaidan Abu Abbas is known to be the mastermind behind the hijack. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. In 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Italian cruise ship and killed one American passenger as part of an ongoing battle with Israel.

The Achille Lauro Hijacking These sons of bitches must be prosecuted. October 7 1985 Italian MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four men from the Palestine Liberation Front a liner which was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said. Italian Cruise Ship Hijacked Off Egypt by Palestinians.

The hijackers took the more. Calling themselves the Palestine Liberation Front the gunmen demanded the release of 50 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel. 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.

In other incidents she also suffered two serious collisions and four onboard fires or explosions. 34 Years Ago on Monday 7th October 1985 the Italian passenger liner ACHILLE LAURO was hijacked by four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt while on passage from Alexandria to Ashdod IsraelA 69 year old Jewish American man in a wheelchair Leon Klinghoffer was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard. On October 7 1985 Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro pictured in 1986 or 1987 after it left Alexandria Egypt killing one American.