Achillea Lauro Cruise Ship

They killed an elderly American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and threw him and his wheelchair overboard.

Achillea lauro cruise ship. Three people were killed. Achille Lauro was refitted again in early 1972 during which she was severely damaged by a fire. The Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise ship.

At the end of 1972 her liner service ended and from then onwards she sailed as a full-time cruise ship. To capture or kill the terrorists before they could harm any of the Achille Lauro passengers or crew. The Achille Lauro was converted to a cruise ship in early 1972 during which time shesuffered a disastrous fire.

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. 7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. It took five months to repair her.

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. Klinghoffer age 69 was from New York City and was vacationing with his wife Marilyn and their friends when four heavily armed terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship after it left Port Said Egypt. Interestingly enough it was named after the Mayor of Naples when I was in Naples my first post.

Gerhard Szimke 68 Ship Sinking Death Achille Lauro Passenger November 30 1994 Time of Death 130 On November 30 1994 the Achille Lauro caught fire 150 miles off the coast of Somalia and then. The untold story of the horrendous murders which led to the 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking - the terrorist outrage thats been made into an opera sparking protests in America. Lauro Lines were in financial trouble by the late 1970s and the Achille Lauro was arrested in Tenerife in 1982.

At this juncture highly trained US. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean SeaAboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew. The terrorists took control of the cruise ship in the Mediterranean off Egypt as it was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said Egypt.