1985 The Cruise Ship Achille Lauro

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak persuaded the hijackers to surrender but not before they shot to death a wheelchair-bound Jewish passenger from the United States named Leon.

1985 the cruise ship achille lauro. 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-. Naples Alexandria Port Said Ashdod Limassol Rhodes Piraeus Capri and then back to Genoa. As such only 97 remained onboard.

MS Achille Lauro the Infamous October Cruise in 1985. Syria refused to permit the ship to anchor in its. 7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF.

We were rescued by several shi. 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. The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded the.

On 3 October 1985 the Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy for a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean Sea with 748 passengers. On 7 October at Alexandria 651 of the passengers from the Achille Lauro left for a bus tour of the pyramids. They killed an elderly American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and threw him and his wheelchair overboard.

Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro leaves Port Said harbor on Oct. 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. 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.

A 69 year old Jewish American man in a wheelchair Leon Klinghoffer was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard. Death of Klinghoffer. 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.