1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew.

1980 cruise ship hijacking. Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. Many ships go into drydock for the winter after they complete their fall cruises usually by early November.

There are said to be 420 passengers and crew on board the ship. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. 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.

The gunmen are demanding the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a US. The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.

Just as more ships are built and rebuilt in the 1980s some cruise lines change their name or their branding. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. 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.

On October 11 1980 the Prinsendam capsized and sunk only 7 years after being built. The rebels stormed the bridge early on the morning of January 23. They had weapons hidden in their luggage.

7 1985 the Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean. Pirates HIJACKING Carnival Cruise. 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.