Air France Flight 8969 Hijacking and GIGN raid

On December 24, 1994 in Algeria four men hijacked Air France Flight 8969 bound to depart for Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris. The four hijackers brandished their AK-47, Uzi, automatic weapons and demanded cooperation from the 220 passengers and 12 flight crew. A negotiation team decided to divert the flight to Marseille International Airport, some five hundred miles south of Paris. After some unsuccessful negotiations, the commandos were forced to storm the cockpit and first class section, where the majority of the hijackers were accumulated. The ensuing firefight injured eleven commandos, thirteen passengers and three members of the crew. The hijackers were all shot dead. Sorry, no sound.

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YouTube | February 23, 2007

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