1985 The Cruise Ship Achille Lauro

On 3 October 1985 the Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy for a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean Sea with 748 passengers.

1985 the cruise ship achille lauro. Death of Klinghoffer. On 7 th October at Alexandria 651 of the passengers from the Achille Lauro left for a bus tour of the pyramids leaving 97 onboard. 10 1985 after Egyptian authorities stopped it from sailing to the Israeli port of Ashdod.

The MS Achille Lauro caught on fire and sank 125 miles off the coast of Somalia while I was working on board as a crew member. 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. MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples Italy.

Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded the. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd she was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985.

They killed an elderly American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and threw him and his wheelchair overboard. 1985 October 07 Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to. 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.

The Achille Lauro traveled to the Syrian port of Tartus where the terrorists demanded negotiations on October 8. 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. As the first Chandris charter season was slowly coming towards an end of what had been an excellent first season the Achille Lauro departed Genoa on October 3 1985 for a 11-day cruise visiting.

MS Achille Lauro the Infamous October Cruise in 1985. Four Palestinian terrorists stormed into the ships dining room shooting their. 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.