US intercepts hijackers plane
- Title
- US intercepts hijackers plane
- Genre
- Press conference
- TX Date
- 11 Oct 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:01:22
- Description
- Extract from US President Ronald Reagan’s press conference following US interception of the Egyptian plane carrying the four PLO hijackers of the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro to Tunisia, directing it to land instead at a NATO base in Sicily. Reagan confirms the action was not sanctioned by either Egypt or Italy and the USA has put in a request for extradition of the terrorists.
- Contributors
- Ronald Reagan
- Keywords
- USA; Deportation; Egypt; Terrorism; PLO; Terrorists; Aeroplanes; Italy; Cruise ships; Achille Lauro; Sicily
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