The pilot who jumped out of the cockpit | VPRO Documentary
45What has a hijacked aircraft in the year 1994 to do with the terrorist attacks in 2001? Did the terrorists of 9/11 copy the terrorists of the Algerian Islamic group?
In 1994 an Air France plane is hijacked in Algiers, Algeria. The only demand of the hijackers: to fly to Paris. Forty hours and three executions later, the plane takes off. The pilots tell the hijackers that there is not enough fuel to reach Paris and lands in Marseille. In Marseille the hijackers demand three times as much fuel as needed for a flight to Paris. But it doesn't get that far. Commandos storm the plane and kill all the hijackers. The co-pilot jumps out of the cockpit to avoid the bullets.
This video is part of an episode of 'In Europe, history caught in the act' with Geert Mak by Stefanie de Brouwer and Roel van Broekhoven. The following people were interviewed: Jean-Paul Borderie, Louis Caprioli of Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST), Fayçal Cheffou.
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