@_themostknownunknown_: On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 hijacking began when an Airbus A300 preparing to depart from Algiers was seized by four armed militants linked to the Armed Islamic Group. Nearly 240 passengers and crew were trapped on board as the hijacking quickly escalated into an international crisis. Over the next two days, the hijackers murdered three hostages and demanded permission to leave Algeria. After the aircraft was allowed to fly to Marseille, French authorities gathered intelligence suggesting the terrorists planned to refuel before flying to Paris and crashing the aircraft into a major target, making it one of the earliest known plots to use a passenger jet as a weapon. On December 26, 1994, members of the GIGN launched a carefully planned assault on the aircraft at Marseille Provence Airport. After an intense firefight inside the cabin, all four hijackers were killed and the remaining hostages were rescued. Although several passengers, crew members, and commandos were injured, the operation prevented what could have become a catastrophic terrorist attack. The rescue of Air France Flight 8969 is still regarded as one of the most successful hostage rescue missions in aviation history and remains a defining example of modern counterterrorism tactics and crisis response. Each video we post gets darker than the last. Follow for more ☠️🕊️
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805Mike :
This was real. Suicide bombers had boarded the plane. First they tried to take over the plane but the pilots jumped out after disabling the plane
2026-07-20 18:26:52
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Solo Man :
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A HIJACKING.
IT WAS SOMETHING FAR WORSE.
It was a hijacking.
2026-07-21 01:18:09
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.millwrightmatt :
Do you lefties understand why Iran CANNOT build a nuclear weapon now ?????
2026-07-21 00:41:32
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Big_Nose_Kate_3 :
But they claim to be peaceful👍
2026-07-20 16:47:30
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BethanyCarter :
It was later discovered that the hijackers planned to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower. There were 224 passengers (4 being hijacker’s) and 12 crew. 3 passengers were 💀 by hijacker’s and all 4 hijacker’s were ended in the skirmish. Jean-Paul Borderie, the copilot (whom you see leap from the cockpit window), was the most seriously injured of the survivors, having fractured his elbow and thigh from the 5-metre (16 ft) drop. An episode in Season 2 of the air disaster documentary show “Mayday” covered this event.
2026-07-20 22:55:33
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Ponygirl :
Democrats historical knowledge is on an “etch a sketch”
2026-07-20 19:36:52
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DeePeralta :
The one where Iranians hijacked a plane under Carters watch and he did nothing. Then Reagan came into office and got them out. Carter was a weak president.
2026-07-20 18:58:59
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Grant Roosevelt :
The Quran came out 600 years after the Bible...
2026-07-21 06:33:59
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Saida Uhud :
Individuals committed those crimes, not an entire religion. People should hold the perpetrators responsible, not millions of innocent people who share the same faith
2026-07-21 09:08:41
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Cammyboy :
Sniper took out one of the terrorists in the cockpit , there’s a good documentary on this
2026-07-21 08:49:14
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janelle :
But remember now, we can live together and be friends. Right?? 🙄
2026-07-21 00:14:52
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SAMI🥀 :
when muslim does it its islamic but when Christian does it its extremist and are said crime doesn't know religion
2026-07-21 19:15:03
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Per N 🇩🇰🇪🇺 :
They couldn’t open the door because the stairs were ser too high. They had practiced on an empty aircraft, not concidering the aircraft with weight on board would be lower, stupid mistake 😳
2026-07-21 14:21:08
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Matt R :
This should have been the wake up call for the world that hijackers would use planes for a suicide mission. If we did, 9/11 would not have happened. It's sad that we don't take action until after people are killed.
2026-07-21 19:59:54
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ShadyToast :
And inspired Plane on Rainbow 6 Siege
2026-07-20 17:29:05
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Fernando Baiget :
I remember this aircraft sitting alone at Algiers airport. I had an aviation band receiver and I could listen to the terrorists talking to ATC. I lent it to the news agecy EFE.
2026-07-21 12:32:34
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Maa’Rabbi :
The man falling out is the copilot, they had to pull him out before they could storm the plane
2026-07-20 22:25:58
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Luis Real Estate :
yet, some people defend them
2026-07-21 12:25:01
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Jackson :
Gotta give props to the French on this one for saving the passengers.
2026-07-20 18:57:57
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DDS_iyaken :
So they’ve been doing this since 1994????
2026-07-20 22:56:27
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okie821284 :
According to democratic they were just misunderstood victims of colonialism
2026-07-20 22:51:00
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Gregarious :
I remember
2026-07-21 07:37:24
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bornagainnews :
The mosquitoes have been active for hundreds of years
2026-07-21 08:59:56
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aurorad845 :
look up what France/Belgium has done to Africa
2026-07-20 19:19:17
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