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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.
Max Lejeune , Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, and Henri Lorillot and other French generals in Algiers were responsible for the operation, without interference from Robert Lacoste, French resident minister and governor general of Algiers at the time. [1] The hijacking and arrest of the FLN leadership derailed the planned conference in ...
Hijacking Air Algérie; Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause F-BCYO: Bron Airport: 8 January 1949: Douglas C-47A: Algiers–Lyon: Gear collapse on landing F-OAIY: Orly Airport: 30 October 1951: SNCASO SO.30P-1 Bretagne: Paris–Algiers: Retraction of landing gear for reasons unknown F-BAZG: Maison Blanche Airport: 17 ...
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.
Forward air control Hostage rescue HUMINT Irregular warfare ISTAR Long-range penetration Manhunt Parachuting Reconnaissance Special operations Special reconnaissance Tracking: Size ~400 operators: Garrison/HQ: Algiers, Algeria: Nickname(s) Ninjas: Colors Black: Mascot(s) Black Panther: Engagements: Air France Flight 8969 hijacking (1994) Sahara ...
Netflix’s Hijack ‘93 fictionalizes the gripping true story of four young adults who hijacked a plane to protest their government’s actions.. On Oct. 25, 1993, Richard Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga ...
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.
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.