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

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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

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