1985 The Cruise Ship Achille Lauro

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea.

1985 the cruise ship achille lauro. On October 7 1985 the Achille Lauro an Italian-flag cruise ship was seized while sailing from Alexandria to Port Said The hijackers members of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO2 had boarded the ship in Genoa posing as tourists. On October 7 1985 the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was commandeered by four individuals identifying themselves as members of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF a breakaway faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization PLO The hijacking occurred as the Achille Lauro drew close to Port Said Egypt on a short excur-. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct.

They killed an elderly American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and threw him and his wheelchair overboard. On October 7 1985 four members of one of the PLOs factions the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. We were rescued by several shi.

Achille Lauro Hijacking The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on the 3 rd October 1985 with 748 passengers for a twelve ay cruise on the Mediterranean Sea. Death of Klinghoffer. A 69 year old Jewish American man in a wheelchair Leon Klinghoffer was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard.

In October 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean. Four Palestinian terrorists stormed into the ships dining room shooting their. The Achille Lauro Hijacking These sons of bitches must be prosecuted 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.

Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. In October 1985 four members of the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the liner off Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said. On 7 October at Alexandria 651 of the passengers from the Achille Lauro left for a bus tour of the pyramids.

October 8 1985 Cruise Ship Murders Leon Klinghoffer 69 Terror Attack Achille Lauro Passenger October 8 1985 Time of Death 130 Leon Klinghoffer 69 from New Jersey born September 24 1916 was on a cruise aboard Star Lauros Achille Lauro on October 7 1985 with his wife Marilyn when the vessel was seized by terrorists at sea near Egypt. MS Achille Lauro the Infamous October Cruise in 1985. Syria refused to permit the ship to anchor in its.