Historical eventDecember 241994

Air France Flight 8969

Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

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When
Saturday, December 24 199432 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Dates: From 1994.

What happened

Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

December 24 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1983Aeroflot Flight 601
  2. 1994Air France Flight 8969
  3. 1996Learjet 35
  4. 1997Sid El-Antri massacre
  5. 1999Indian Airlines Flight 814
  6. 1999Jihadism
  7. 2003ETA (separatist group)
  8. 2005Chad–Sudan relations
  9. 2008Lord's Resistance Army
  10. 20182018 Puebla helicopter crash
  11. 2021Tatmadaw

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When did Air France Flight 8969 happen?

December 24 1994 — 32 years ago, on a Saturday.

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