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  2. Air France Flight 8969 - Wikipedia

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    Survivors. 229. 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.

  3. The Assault (2010 film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $4.3 million [2] The Assault (French: L'Assaut) is a 2010 French action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie.

  4. The Assault (1986 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Assault (Dutch: De aanslag) is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch.The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers.The main character is played by both Derek de Lint (in the present) and Marc van Uchelen (as a youth), whereas Monique van de Ven plays two different roles, one after the war (his first wife) and one in the war (a woman who participated ...

  5. Rhodes International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Check-in at Rhodes Airport. Civil aviation on Rhodes started after the Second World War, on the location of the nearby military Rhodes Maritsa Airport. This was the island's main airport until 1977, when the new Rhodes International Airport was opened. The need for a new facility was big, as the 'old' Maritsa airport did not meet the needs for ...

  6. Entebbe raid - Wikipedia

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    The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan), was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda. It was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv ...

  7. List of aviation incidents involving terrorism - Wikipedia

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    The bombing of Air India Flight 182 is the largest mass killing in Canadian history, the deadliest aviation accident in the history of Air India and was the deadliest act of aviation terrorism until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [8] Korean Air flight 858. Korean Air Flight 858 was an international passenger flight from Baghdad to Seoul with ...

  8. GIGN - Wikipedia

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    The GIGN (French: Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationalepronunciation ⓘ; transl."National Gendarmerie Intervention Group") is the elite police tactical unit of the National Gendarmerie of France. Among its missions are counterterrorism, hostage rescue, surveillance of national threats, protection of government officials, critical ...

  9. Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie

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    The Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie ( French: Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale, EPIGN) was a parachute-trained tactical unit of the French Gendarmerie. The squadron was formed in 1984 with personnel from EPGM, a one-of-a-kind parachute squadron that had been created within the mobile ...

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