1980 Cruise Ship Hijacking

Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew.

1980 cruise ship hijacking. By Charles R. The trip of a lifetime takes a twist when slave trading pirates hijack the ship with only our two heroes to stop them. It was mid-afternoon on a clear day when be t ween 813 speed boats could be seen clearly zig-zagging in front of the 102000 ton 273 m long vessel carrying 2720 passengers in a bid to slow it down and attempt boarding.

The gunmen are demanding the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Cruise Ship Industry from 1980 to 1989. Delta Force Probe Suspended During Cruise Ship Hijacking.

The Williamsburg brought 359 passengers and crew safely to Valdez. Two guys Lauras driver and Roscoe sneak aboard an all girl cruise ship with 600 horny mouth watering broads for six whole weeks with not one dude aboard. 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. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. 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.

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. After evacuating the ship of passengers the crew could not control the fire and the abandoned ship sank on December 2. As part of its Learn from the past series SAFETY4SEA remembers the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian militants who posed as passengers resulting to the brutal murder of one passenger.

There are said to be 420 passengers and crew on board the ship. Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. Many ships go into drydock for the winter after they complete their fall cruises usually by early November.