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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 militants murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.
Air France Flight 406 exploded and shattered into pieces when a bomb was smuggled inside its cargo on 10 May 1961, killing all 78 on board. TWA Flight 847, a Boeing 727-231, was hijacked shortly after takeoff on June 14, 1985. One person was killed. Air France Flight 8969 was hijacked on the ground at Algiers and flown to France on 24 December ...
Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France Airbus A300 that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria during the Algerian Civil War. The terrorists murdered three passengers and their intention was to blow up the plane over the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
December 24, 1994: Air France Flight 8969 was hijacked from Algiers by four GIA hijackers planning to crash into the Eiffel Tower in central Paris. After the murder of 3 passengers, GIGN commandos stormed the plane in Marseille, killing all hijackers and freeing all remaining passengers.
On 24 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969, an Airbus A300 bound for Paris, was seized by four members of Armed Islamic Group of Algeria before takeoff; three passengers were killed before departure. In Marseille, France, a special operations team of the French Gendarmerie stormed the aircraft and killed all four hijackers; 25 passengers were ...
Pages in category "Terrorist incidents in Algiers" ... Air France Flight 8969; B. Beni Messous massacre ... El Al Flight 426 hijacking; K. Kuwait Airways Flight 422 ...
Air France Flight 8969: Algiers, Algeria, Marseille, France 24 December 1994: 3 days 232 1994 kidnappings of western tourists in India: New Delhi, India 20 October 1994: 12 days 4 Torp hostage crisis: Larvik and Sandefjord, Norway 28 August 1994: 2 days Gresham cat hostage taking incident: Gresham, Oregon, United States: 21 August 1994: Unknown ...
Assassinations, massacres, bombings, aircraft hijackings, kidnapping Notable attacks Tahar Djaout assassination, Djillali Liabes assassination, Cheb Hasni assassination, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 hijacking, January 1995 Algiers bombing , 1995 France bombings , Murder of the monks of Tibhirine , Lounès Matoub assassination, Hidroelektra ...