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Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers. The terrorists murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.
The hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 hit the headlines on Christmas Eve, 1994. Before the planned takeoff, the plane was hijacked by four terrorists from the Algerian terrorist group GIA (Islamic Armed Group). The terrorists boarded the plane disguised as security agents.
This compilation of Mayday Air Disaster tells the true stories of the Air France Flight 8969 hijacking and berlingen mid-air collision between Bashkirian Air...
In December 1994, the French counter-terrorism unit, National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (G.I.G.N.), was placed on standby to intervene in a hostage situ...
December 24, 1994: Terrorists aboard Air France flight 8969 forced it to divert to Marseille Provence Airport, where they proceeded to make demands and then fire at the air traffic control...
The plane, a wide-bodied Airbus A300 aircraft, landed at Marseilles at 3:15 A.M. local time, 40 hours after the gunmen seized control of Air France's Flight 8969 at Algiers airport on Saturday...
The seizure of aircraft, especially of national flag carriers, has long been viewed as an attack against the state in which they are registered. December 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the Air France flight 8969 hijacking, perpetrated by four members of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA).
On Christmas Eve 1994, an Air France Airbus A300 was hijacked by four armed Islamic militants while on a flight from Algiers to Paris. The hijacking lasted three days and became known as the Hijacking of Flight 8969, and it remains one of the most infamous hijackings in aviation history.
Incredible footage of the GIGN raid of the hijacked Air France Flight 8969 in 1994.
Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers. The terrorists murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.