This footage looks back at the harrowing events surrounding Air France Flight 8969 in December 1994. The Airbus A300 was hijacked in Algeria, triggering a multi-day crisis that gripped international headlines. After 54 hours of negotiations, delays, and mounting tension, the situation culminated in a decisive rescue operation carried out by French special forces at Marseille Airport. The intervention brought the standoff to an end and prevented further catastrophe. The incident remains one of th

✈️🇫🇷France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 Full Story in Comment.👇 | Aviation GM

La prise d'otages du vol Air France 8969 (AF8969, AFR8969), vol d'Air France reliant Alger à Paris, par quatre membres du Groupe islamique armé (GIA), se déroula du 24 au 26 décembre 1994. | Mimyou

On 26 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969 landed in Marseille, France. The plane had been hijacked two days earlier in Algiers, Algeria by four members of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria. Their plan was to detonate explosives onboard over the Eiffel Tower, turning the plane into an instrument of terror and killing scores of French citizens on the ground in Paris. Three hostages were murdered in Algeria before the plane departed for France. Without enough fuel to make it to Paris it landed i

December 24, 1994: Terrorists aboard Air France flight 8969 forced it to divert to Marseille Provence Airport, where they proceeded to make demands and then fire at the air traffic control tower. French authorities felt they had no choice but to call in a special unit to force their way onto the plane. Strap in, an all-new episode of Air Disasters premieres Sunday at 8/7c. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation