1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

By Charles R.

1980 cruise ship hijacking. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. It was mid-afternoon on a clear day when be t ween 813 speed boats could be seen clearly zig-zagging in front of the 102000 ton 273 m long vessel carrying 2720 passengers in a bid to slow it down and attempt boarding.

The ship involved in the hijacking the Achille Lauro returned to cruise duty until she was caught on fire off the coast of Somalia on November 30 1994. Just as more ships are built and rebuilt in the 1980s some cruise lines change their name or their branding. Delta Force Probe Suspended During Cruise Ship Hijacking.

Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. After evacuating the ship of passengers the crew could not control the fire and the abandoned ship sank on December 2. Pirates HIJACKING Carnival Cruise.

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Cruise Ship Industry from 1980 to 1989. While the plan called for a peaceful takeover of the Santa Maria the third officer who was the officer of the deck at the time resisted and was shot dead.

Shipowners and shipping industry analysts said yesterday that cruise ships were reassessing their security precautions as a result of the hijacking Monday of an Italian cruise ship. 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. With Cody Nicole Nicole Black Camilla Franklin Eve Evans.

Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel a maritime. The trip of a lifetime takes a twist when slave trading pirates hijack the ship with only our two heroes to stop them. Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a US.