Achillea Lauro Cruise Ship

The Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise ship.

Achillea lauro cruise ship. Syria refused to permit the ship to. 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. On October 7 the ship docked at Alexandria Egypt and 651 passengers disembarked to tour the pyramids intending to rendezvous with the ship at Port Said that night.

The ship was declared a total loss. F-14 Fighters Led US Navy Effort to Intercept the Egyptian Boeing 737 Carrying Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers. The terrorists took control of the cruise ship in the Mediterranean off Egypt as it was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said Egypt.

MS Achille Lauro 1965-94 - Deck Plans. Gerhard Szimke Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Achille Lauro Fire November 30 1994. In October 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean.

11 as three F-14s circled overhead effectively closing the airspace for all other aircraft except. Named after the chairman of the company that came to own her the ship her keel. Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. Be assured that I am NOT associated with any shipping or cruise companies or any travelcruise. Navy SEAL assault forces were launched from the US.

All 1090 passengers and crew had to leave the vessel in lifeboats. The Achille Lauro now became a full time cruise ship based in Genoa and she would operate 14 night Eastern Mediterranean cruises always departing on a Saturday with ports as follows. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct.