Air France Flight 8969 hijacking (1994)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Air_France_Flight_8969_hijacking_(1994)
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gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft hijacking
gptkbp:aircraftType gptkb:Airbus_A300B2-1C
gptkbp:airline gptkb:Air_France
gptkbp:casualties 7
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Algeria
gptkbp:crew 12
gptkbp:date 24 December 1994
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:flightNumber 8969
gptkbp:hijackers 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air France Flight 8969 hijacking (1994)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Marseille,_France
gptkb:Algiers,_Algeria
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international attention
gptkbp:notable_for GIGN operation
foiled plot to crash plane into Paris landmark
influence on counter-terrorism tactics
gptkbp:number_of_passengers 220
gptkbp:objective Fly plane to Paris and crash into Eiffel Tower
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Armed_Islamic_Group_of_Algeria_(GIA)
gptkbp:relatedEvent rise of Islamist terrorism in 1990s
gptkbp:resolution French GIGN stormed the plane
gptkbp:result All hijackers killed
Hostages rescued
gptkbp:survived most passengers and crew
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_GIGN
gptkb:GIGN
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6