1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

After evacuating the ship of passengers the crew could not control the fire and the abandoned ship sank on December 2.

1980 cruise ship hijacking. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. 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. Just as more ships are built and rebuilt in the 1980s some cruise lines change their name or their branding.

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. Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel a maritime. Deltas most prominent -- and only publicly acknowledged -- mission was the attempted rescue in April 1980.

If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. Delta Force Probe Suspended During Cruise Ship Hijacking. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner.

On October 11 1980 the Prinsendam capsized and sunk only 7 years after being built. The Williamsburg brought 359 passengers and crew safely to Valdez. The Achille Lauro was scheduled to enter drydock after another 11-night cruise that was.

Officials say Abu Abbas a notorious Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in the. There are also a number of new cruise lines formed in the 1980s such as Seabourn Windstar Dolphin Regency Crystal Renaissance and. 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.

To hijack the vessel crew and passengers for a handsome ransom. 7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. There are said to be 420 passengers and crew on board the ship.