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OTD in 1985, the Achille Lauro incident: when the U.S. Navy forced an Egyptair Boeing 737 off course

October 10, 2012 Dario Leone

A scarcely known mission took place in the skies above the Mediterranean Sea. In the night between Oct. 10 and 11, 1985, several combat planes belonging to the Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) lauched from USS […]