1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

Many ships go into drydock for the winter after they complete their fall cruises usually by early November.

1980 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. 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. Officials say Abu Abbas a notorious Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in the.

After evacuating the ship of passengers the crew could not control the fire and the abandoned ship sank on December 2. Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel a maritime. The gunmen are demanding the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

With Cody Nicole Nicole Black Camilla Franklin Eve Evans. Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew.

If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. 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 Ship Industry from 1980 to 1989.

There are also a number of new cruise lines formed in the 1980s such as Seabourn Windstar Dolphin Regency Crystal Renaissance and. Two guys Lauras driver and Roscoe sneak aboard an all girl cruise ship with 600 horny mouth watering broads for six whole weeks with not one dude aboard. It was mid-afternoon on a clear day when be t ween 813 speed boats could be seen clearly zig-zagging in front of the 102000 ton 273 m long vessel carrying 2720 passengers in a bid to slow it down and attempt boarding.

To hijack the vessel crew and passengers for a handsome ransom. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Pirates HIJACKING Carnival Cruise.