The 1985 Sigonella Incident

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The 1985 hijacking of the MV Achille Lauro led to an international dispute that almost drew NATO allies into armed confrontation. The History Guy remembers the five hour standoff at Naval Air Station Sigonella.
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@TheHistoryGuyChannel 4 года назад

There were few images available in the Public Domain. The documents pictured were from the official FBI report on the incident.

@andreabianchi6156 2 года назад

60 Italian soldiers surrounding the plane, then 60 from the delta force surrounding them and 500 to a 1000 Italian carabinieri surrounding the Delta force. In such a close range whoever thinks the Americans could have won is deluded, special forces or not.

@minuteman4199 4 года назад

You know you're getting old when "history that deserves to be remembered" is covering events that you remember like they were yesterday.

@StephenCole1916 4 года назад

On board the Achille Lauro when she caught fire in 1994 was entertainer Moss Hills, who was also onboard the Oceanos which sank three years prior. During the Oceanos disaster, the crew abandoned ship and Moss and the rest of the band helped evacuate the passengers. He was also helping with the evacuations three years later during the Achille Lauro disaster as well. Another bit of history, that deserves to be remembered.

@jonmcgee6987 4 года назад

Great stories involve pirates. But even better ones have F-14 Tomcats.

@Billdude21 4 года назад

Israel deserves to protect it self.

@darkchoco7407 3 года назад

good parenting or nah?

@Idahoguy10157 4 года назад

The ship was under Italian authority. The Italian government had legal jurisdiction. Fortunately Italy and USA de escalated. Unfortunately the U.S. did not escort the aircraft too Israel

@v.e.7236 4 года назад

I am a wheelchair user and this story is the main reason I will not get on a cruise ship. I remember watching horrified at the news reports about some poor soul tossed off the ship in a wheelchair - and this was just over a decade before I was injured. Since a motorcycle accident paralyzed me from chest down, I've been invited to join several cruises and each time I recall the Achille Lauro event and pass. Paranoid? Yup! I'm too easy a target.

@mconfalonieri 3 года назад

I find it extremely interesting that most Italians only remember the confrontation between US and Italian troops of the whole Sigonella incident, while from most comments it seems that in the USA that episode inside the whole crisis was not known.

@divindave6117 4 года назад

I was a Jet Engine mechanic while I was in the Navy, and I was stationed at Sigonella when this happened. None of us knew exactly WTH was going on, but we knew it a helluva lot more than what was being told on TV because there were some MAD officers running around. Thanks for this video. It was excellent, as are all of the others you do.

@sithticklefingers7255 4 года назад

“Pilots in the US and Italian jets exchanged colorful epithets.”

@tjsmith77777 4 года назад

I never enjoyed history at school but as an old man (65), I can't get enough. Ignore history and you're destined to repeat it...

@edmund0014 4 года назад

Mr. Klinghoffer was a client of our brokerage firm, you've shed a lot of light on this, thanks.

@matthewellisor5835 4 года назад

If only you had a twin to teach journalistic ethics...

@albertoamoruso7711 4 года назад

09:35

@juniorloaf12 4 года назад

Can you do an episode on the 1971 Solar eclipse chased by a newly designed Concorde prototype, which was fitted with scientific instruments and outran the rotation of the earth to stay in the path of totality for 74 minutes? Its something that will likely never be repeated as it was a confluence of a bunch of unique events

@ArchFundy 4 года назад

I vaguely remember this incident, but had no idea of all the complexity involved. Thanks HG for rounding out my understanding of a moment in time that could have changed history. TG for "cooler heads".

@theraven6836 4 года назад

I remember the Achille Lauro incident well as it was covered extensively on the news but had no knowledge at all of the Sigonela incident, none at all. Wow. Thanks for sharing.

@chrishaynesusa 4 года назад

I was on the flight line that night in Sicily, working on C-2's and T-39's for VR-24. The Delta force had come in 2-3 days earlier and crews assembled H-53's if I remember right. The Delta force commandos had taken over my hangar and set up their cots and proceeded to clean and lube their weapons and gear. Some time on the evening being reported, my Senior chief came out to the flight line and told all of the night shift to put our tools down and go to the ready room on the second floor of our hangar NOW!. we did.