The Hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 - DISASTER BREAKDOWN

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On December 25th 1994, a passenger plane belonging to Air France was making a trip between Paris and Algiers. An international incident began to mount as Air France Flight 8969 was taken over by four men. A stalemate lasting days would result in French GIGN intervening to take back control of the plane.
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Man-Made Structures - Ethan Sloan
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Ghosting - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Tracker - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
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00:00 Intro
01:15 December 24th
11:12 December 25th
14:02 December 26th
19:37 Aftermath

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[@Admiral_Jezza]

Great video as always, the part about mean comments was the only downside though, people should be able to speak their mind if they wish.

[@Bearrrrrrrrr]

Religion of Peace right? These guys literally applied all non reformed aspects of Islam to the plane. Including Allah choosing everyone to be killed in the name of.

[@Bearrrrrrrrr]

What does orthodoxy look like in Islam?

[@maxpaschke2297]

You should do a video of the Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 and Operation Thunderbolt.

[@longbeach7623]

Let's please maintain some decency and not placate evil terrorist organizations as "marginalized groups." One more woke PSA and I will be un-subscribing from your channel.

[@CYMotorsport]

The fact that the Algerians chose to stay on board with the other hostages thinking it would increase everyone’s chances is one of the most brave acts I’ve ever heard. I can’t even imagine

[@LogieT2K]

Very very brave. I would of taken every chance i could to get out of there

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Fancy seeing one of my favorite youtubers on another one of my favorite youtuber’s channel. Cheers from France, guys.

[@4zap7]

@@thibaudduhamel2581 agreed , never thought I’d see my favorite Ferrari fan here 😁

[@bboyjunyor]

whatcha doing here? Just tell me about max and ham.. ok? :D (I agree - a bit crazy but brave and lots of honor!)

[@GOWvMatchstick]

The type of people with the “what other option do i have, somebodies gotta do it” mentality. Very respectable.

[@dfuher968]

As a testament to what u can do with adrenalin powering through ur body, the F/O actually broke his femur after jumping out of the cockpit window, and he still got up and ran to safety.

[@sleepful1917]

definitely worth it at that point, glad he got out of there and even aided the killing of the hijackers in the process

[@sethwikle8927]

yeah when i saw them jump out, I knew that had to hurt. Its a pretty long way down.

[@WaveMurray]

At that point you just assume you're going to die, so why not risk the leap out the window

[@katttgg]

FEMURR IS THE THIGH BONE HE BROKE NOT ONLY HIS LEG, HIS THIGH, HE SHOULD NOT OF BEEN ABLE TO WALK!!!!!!!

[@maldo_95]

Damn! Femur fractures are considered one of the most painful and incapacitating fractures. Thats insane he was able to walk still

[@rayjiii4947]

my respect for those algerians who refused to leave the plane is insane.

[@pointlesswarrior1168]

I'm algeria

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

As it stated, Algerians “largely” refused to leave the a/c. Not all. Is that insane? It seems there is a lack of solidarity here.

[@ditzygypsy]

Absolutely!

[@MisterJagger940]

@@marthakrumboltz2710 Those Algerians refused to leave the plane so what's the point of your comment ?

[@leonidasthermopylae3378]

The purpose of that high jacked was to crash the plane with its fuel tank and its passenger on Paris. The Islamist did not give a flying g f..k about those Algerians, and never gave them any opportunities to leave. In fact they had already started to execute one of those Algerian in Algiers.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

The highjackers sealed their fate when they killed the first hostage. If the soldiers attack and hostages are wounded, there would be great outcry for overuse of force. Once the passenger was killed, then the soldiers HAD to attack, before the highjackers killed any more. Politics is a subtle thing sometimes.

[@LeUtubeAcc]

Underrated comment

[@aldenunion]

They deserved..

[@giuseppemartella8532]

You are fight. Even with these three victims, in the comment section there is that great outcry for overuse of force...🤦🤦🤦

[@annnee6818]

Shooting someone in the face is famously subtle

[@annnee6818]

@@giuseppemartella8532 Where? Didn't see any of that.

[@jude_the_apostle]

Those Algerian's refusing to leave still gives me goosebumps regardless of how much times I hear about this flight. I hope they truly got the recognition they deserved from the French government and people. Actual Heroes

[@pointlesswarrior1168]

I'm algerian

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

Did you listen when the narrator said, Algerians “largely” refused to leave? Solidarity?

[@MisterJagger940]

@@marthakrumboltz2710 Those Algerians refused to leave the plane so what's the point of your comment ?

[@grassytramtracks]

​​@@MisterJagger940 Arabs are involved, of course racists are going to crawl out of the woodwork

[@cactusslack6971]

0:57 can we just mention the absolute Balls on the dude opening the door? He was about to face armed terrorists and just forced open a heavy exit door on a commercial jet liner, with his leg hanging about 30 feet in the air above a concrete runway. Legend

[@OrganicMachoCapitalist]

Yes and can we all agree women never may be allowe dinti special forces. That insanity is pushed now.

[@eastbow6053]

@@OrganicMachoCapitalist as a woman i wouldnt be able to move 10 feet with all that equipment men are build like mountains xD i take pleasure in the fact that you guys cant stand pain and stretching like we do UwU .....pathetic *French accent*

[@chanmax2]

​@@OrganicMachoCapitalist we already can agree your comment is fucking stupid, sexist, misogynistic and don't have anything to do with the subject. As long as a woman can pass the tests, why the fuck she couldn't be allowed in special forces.

[@TheBierp]

That first officer jumping from that window...OMFG. That's WAY up there. Being willing to chance a jump that far might be the best indication of how horrifying that situation really was. (Sadly, it looks like his arm didn't take it too well, but the fact that he was able to walk at all is amazing.)

[@bassett_green]

Clean break on his radius. Time Magazine article from 2001 says he also "broke his thigh" but I can't find any all the contemporary sources only list the arm injury

[@kayleighvossen]

He actually broke his femur, which makes him being able to walk even more amazing. It's a testament to what adrenaline can do to your body in times like these. Source: Time - Anatomy of a Hijack, or Wikipedia (and another comment around this section). Edit: sources

[@bassett_green]

@@kayleighvossen were you able to find an alternate source for the femur injury than the Time article? It says "broke his thigh" and I wanted to update the Wikipedia page with a contemporary source but I can't find anything more specific. Sources at the time just list the arm injury

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@bassett_green It could have been a fracture rather than an actual break

[@186bingo]

@@richardmillhousenixon A fracture is a break...

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

The last hijacker knew any tiny chance of his own survival would depend on keeping the two remaining crew alive... which kinda strange considering what they had intended to do with the whole plane and there was absolutely no way he was going to escape.

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

You know what they say, there are no theists in foxholes

[@sleepful1917]

thats what i was thinking! the whole point of the hijacking was to take as many people as possible with them as they killed themselves, yet when his death was imminent, he had the chance to kill two more people since they'd only gotten to 3 so far, almost doubling their body count, yet he refused. maybe he just gave up and felt like more death was pointless by then, but that really doesn't gel with their whole outlook on life and death. who knows

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@sleepful1917 The terrorists plans are never to just cause death for nothing. It's always a political/religious message behind it.

[@abcdef-cs1jj]

@@sleepful1917 I think its different to plan to go down in a blaze of glory with the plane and actually shooting somebody dead that you spent two of the scariest days in your life with. Decisions like this can come down to a gut feeling I guess ...

[@goldenmiddledistanceraces5929]

As the plan was bungled anyway it made no sense for him to die. he would have ended up in muslim paradise as a eunuch in allah's harem of dark eyed virgins. but the French were obviously under orders to take no prisoners.

[@TheRealNatNat]

The GIGN (groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale) were hailed as heroes in France and rightly so. I still remember how glad I was when I heard that the passengers were ok and all the cockroaches neutralized.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

The GIGN is fucking brutal. In all their years of existence they have carried out well over 1,000 missions, freed more than 500 hostages, arrested more than 1000 suspects, killed 12 suspects (4 of those twelve being the "cockroaches" we see in this video) and only lost 2 members in the line of duty, both being killed during the Paris attack in 2015. Most members not only carry a sidearm, but also a side-side arm, just so they can be completely confident that they can reliably put a bullet in a cockroaches dick 100% of the time.

[@bassett_green]

18:05 that difficulty opening the door has an interesting cause. The GIGN had been using an empty plane to rehearse the raid. They brought the air stairs over, at the same height. But the passengers, fuel, etc all add weight and compress the plane's suspension. This meant the door was lower than expected, and the air stairs blocked the door from opening outward. You can see the vehicle back up quickly and the door swings free. The operator was unfamiliar with the height controls and made the wise decision to not try to figure it out in the moment

[@ExperimentIV]

yep! i just rewatched the mayday on this earlier this week and i remember the air stair gaffe

[@bassett_green]

@@ExperimentIV there's a (likely apocryphal) urban legend about an architect designing a library and failing to account for the added weight of all the books, so the library has to be under constant repair to stop the foundation sinking. It's funny to have a real life example

[@alexdaley7616]

@@bassett_green That's not accurate. The air-stairs can easily accommodate to the difference in height. It's a simple task...just not one that can be done instantly, which is what needed to happen during a raid designed to surprise the hijackers.

[@bassett_green]

@@alexdaley7616 oh definitely - I didn't mean to imply they couldn't be the correct height, just that they hadn't accounted for the difference ahead of time

[@jeancras6802]

in a French interview with a GIGN member they said that they did account for passengers and fuel in reharsals but the issue was that the terrorists started to escalate violence and demanded for the plane to be fueled to take off as soon as possible right before the assault, hence why the plane was heavier than expected, he did credit the operator driving the stairs for his quick thinking recognising what was wrong and backing up immediatly, essentially saying that he saved the entire operation right at this moment. After the refueling the terrorists moved the plane on the tarmac and they had to scrap their initial approach and improvise another which was much more dangerous and it was decided that the person driving the stairs would be replaced by a GIGN operator.

[@launchnation359]

Disaster Breakdown always has 10/10 vids

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Thank you!

[@titan9259]

12/10

[@MalaysianAviator737-8]

@@titan9259 we meet again :)

[@MySamspam]

Never apologise for your videos being "too long" could watch them all day.

[@Maven0666]

No such thing as a mini air crash investigation that’s too long.Don’t be silly!

[@walternerd3147]

You forgot to mention even after all of the hijackers were dead the GIGN troops were still shooting at the cockpit. Captain Bernard dhelleme was screaming at the radio telling the tower quote to stop shooting their are Frenchman still alive in the cockpit and they (the hijackers) are dead. In the end the bodies of the dead hijackers shielded both captain dhelleme and F/E Alain bossait from fatal bullet wounds. Eventually they both survived F/E was handcuffed by the GIGN while Captain Dhelleme refused to put his hands up while leaving the aircraft. Btw here’s the First officer Jean Paul borderie now : kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ2Uqqemp9iKpLs

[@MatthewTaylor3]

That is ROUGH

[@MrThemanofdoom]

I remember in some interview the captain was like "after all the mistreatment i was not going to put my hands up and lay on the ground like a child."

[@Alex11371]

@@robertgiles9124 bro who shat in ur cornflakes ? shut up

[@Alex11371]

@@robertgiles9124 dry ur eyes

[@sian2337]

Interesting

[@manuelvalentin2648]

It would've been a fitting ending to the aircraft if it had been kept for training purposes for future GIGN units. I'm sure they would've appreciated the history and significance of it.

[@desmond-hawkins]

The GIA may not have attempted this kind of attack again, but they attacked France again the very next year in 1995 with a series of bombings, the worst one being in the Paris metro at Saint-Michel station killing 8 (a gas canister filled with explosives and nails). France activated its "Vigipirate" national security alert system with increased police presence at tourist sites and important locations. It was never lifted and is still in place, although there are different levels of alert and the measures vary accordingly.

[@trekker105]

Weirdly, this makes me feel somewhat better about how we in the US are still in an elevated state of emergency of sorts after 9/11. Of course there's an entirely separate discussion to be had about how in the US it's all theater, and I don't know if similar criticisms have or have not been leveled at the French response, but still.

[@benjip4219]

More peace from Islam

[@ImperialDiecast]

France has been like that since autumn 2015

[@MrEeeaddict]

@@trekker105 The french have military with guns in the subway. Don't see that in the US

[@frozenuruguayball6436]

@@MrEeeaddict cuz we don’t really have a subway imo

[@nacerdjaafri9919]

I'm actually from Algeria, and I remember this incident and that difficult period of time all together. I have been watching your videos for a long time, but when it comes to something we know in details, it's a quite different experience. Allow me to say this: Good research, objective work, correct information and a great video as always!!! I'm impressed and I was really moved by the disclaimer in the beginning of the video. Just keep up the great work, this channel is the best!!!!!

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

Not too objective when he is literally removing comments he doesn't like

[@Mizzcasperleeyenyi]

@@user-zb8tq5pr4x Comments such as? If its comments that were deemed as malicious to the Algerian, he had previously stated in the video that he would remove it.

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@Mizzcasperleeyenyi Yeah, so? Just because he said that he would remove them, doesn't make it any more objective lol. In fact, it probably makes it even less objective.

[@Mizzcasperleeyenyi]

@@user-zb8tq5pr4x Because he had said that the terrorist group was not a representative of Algeria. If people knew of this, yet still stubbornly leave comments that are deemed to be threatening/harrassing Algerians, he would remove it. Not because he "doesn't like it", but because those comments would likely hurt others feelings. If I run a channel and I already pre-informed viewers that this has nothing to do with A, yet people are still attacking A, why would I leave comments with ill-intentions on my channel? If he removes comments that constructively criticises his work or comments that contradicts what he said (with evidence backing up said comment) as he pleases, then yes it's not objective. But this was something that he had mentioned being unrelated to the incident yet people are still attacking Algerians, that's just foolishness or bias. Other than this, he did provide sufficient information from all sides so I don't think it takes away any objectiveness from his narrative. However, that's just my opinion.

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

​@@Mizzcasperleeyenyi oh no, they would hurt feelings? :'( weh weeeh. Face it, he's removing them cause he doesn't like them.

[@djmoch1001]

I hope I never experience the terror of being on a plane that gets hijacked, that's one of the things that terrifies me the most about flying.

[@ExperimentIV]

i actually just rewatched the mayday about this one, and it’ll be good to get your perspective. cheers DB, have a great weekend!

[@nerdisaur]

I immediately thought of that episode when I saw the thumbnail! It’s such an intense story and I’m happy to hear more

[@ginnykang943]

For some reason, I thought you meant DB Cooper, so I was going to reply by saying "wrong aviation incident" or something. 😅 I clearly need more coffee.

[@justinkaz]

same, I rewatched it few days ago

[@ExperimentIV]

@@ginnykang943 haha! don’t worry, if the situation was reversed im sure i would have had the same thought

[@chrisstevens9020]

Is ur face the experiment

[@SAMPLETEXT285]

You dont fuck with the GIGN those guys are incredible and insanely fearless thanks for your service guys

[@andrewince8824]

Trained by the SAS. GIGN is easily the third most effective counterterrorist group behind only MOSSAD and the SAS. Those guys do not fuck around buy they do make sure jihadis find out.

[@Adamjpx]

I've literally spent all day binge watching all your videos. Great production and informative, keep it up!

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Thanks, will do!

[@maxfullerton5228]

The Algerians showed the world what true muslims look like. We are all brothers. Christian or Muslim. Jewish or Hindu, Black or White. The level of bravery the Algerians showed is insane. Imagine getting a ticket out of a hostage situation, knowing that the terrorists have already killed an Algerian and saying : No ! All or none. God bless them. They deserve the best. I don't know if that would happen today. People have become so self absorbed. You see it on social media all the time.

[@muhdsyahir5552]

Alhamdulillah

[@nilamelody]

I find this type of video more fascinating than your typical aviation video. Please continue doing more of these in the future.

[@DisasterBreakdown]

I plan on it. I really want to make a video on the Dawson's Field Hijackings at some point

[@hectorpalmatellez]

This was such an informative video. Thanks for your commitment to creating great content every week. I'm sure many of us are always waiting for the new ones. Also, I hope you continue to dissect events like this one in a similar way.

[@Selfinflictedhummusrocket]

How did you leave this comment 1 day ago???

[@toesniffer9452]

Mans from the future

[@TFCRAFTER]

@@Selfinflictedhummusrocket Patreons get access to videos 48 hours before KZbin upload. Did you not stay until the end? He literally explains it.

[@joaquinmurga8253]

The amount of effort put into these videos is insane. Keep up the good work 👍

[@Slypai88]

Really enjoy how much research and effort you put on your videos.

[@Bex.o.o]

Really enjoy your videos. Really informative and presented in a way that keeps me engaged. This one was really interesting and a nice long one!

[@darktimes6279]

Absolutely incredible video - your best yet. Your research and production quality is just out of this world.

[@EzioAuditore]

Great presentation and amazingly written, well done mate

[@katttgg]

"first murder" made me genuinely so sad

[@Offu-cz9wl]

Awesome video, it’s crazy how little this event is spoken of. Great content 👏🏼

[@caspernbgblok3]

You deserve so much more views and recognition. The way you make these videos, and the way you present them is 10/10

[@magichippo44]

Absolutely gripping, outstanding job!

[@TrenersLP]

Incredible video, you did a fantastic job breaking down the series of events.

[@MrHistoryguy1955]

Wow this sounds like a terrifying situation to be in. Great video and full of info. Keep it up 👍🏻

[@p166mx]

The level of objectiveness ,research and professionalism of this video is amazing. Watched nearly all your videos now and they just keep getting better. Some aircrash KZbin videos are just verbal air crash investigation reports with a bit of Wiki thrown in but your videos always seem to be properly researched beyond the most obvious sources.

[@gefitrop3496]

"We're all gonna die soon. But until then, please cover your heads"

[@hannibalscannibals2276]

They rarely make sense and often jump through loop holes with mental gymnastics to justify their horrifying actions. It’s sad for those who lost their lives

[@tdestroyer1882]

Excellent new video! Your the reason I look forward to weekends

[@engx3733]

Really good detailed video. I love watching your videos!

[@dactrr]

Awesome video!!This looks real has heck 🔥 😎 Appreciate the work and effort in each vid

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Thank you!

[@Ebbsos]

Was just heading to bed - perfect timing! Love watching your videos before going to sleep. So god damn good!

[@paulyoung7551]

Very informative, high quality video as always. 10/10.

[@kristan999]

This video is fascinating, an interesting change to the usual content. Keep up the good work.

[@eimearscullion8125]

Was trying to remember the name of this flight. You did a fantastic job breaking it down!!

[@KristenDETW]

The Air Crash Investigation/Mayday episode of this case is a classic, if you haven't seen it.

[@tankden5668]

great video the information was very informative and presented in a great way!

[@kcindc5539]

This was a fantastically produced video. Very well done and hugely informative - thank you!!

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

You're the best! I'm enjoying these longer videos.

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Glad you like them!

[@topherinbr]

You are the KZbin channel I wake up and start watching 💯

[@slypear]

Nicely done!

[@nicofreako4276]

Bren waiting for this man to cover this sense I discovered the channel 👏 10/10 vid

[@MarcusMIDI]

Incredible video, really really good :)

[@canfly737]

Nicely done mate 😊

[@kevinm5857]

Fantastic video!

[@sarahlauer4397]

Excellent video. Had me on the edge of my seat till the end 😬

[@MakeQuake]

Great Video!

[@BrentSudric]

I love how respectful you are

[@coca-colayes1958]

You did good on this one , congratulations

[@Lovuschka]

That was the first attempt at a 9/11 style attack.

[@DavidRadkowski]

This has been your best production so far mate. The music, visuals, everything worked out beautifully 👍 Thanks! Keep up the good job!

[@yes-gh2zh]

Loving the longer videos

[@ewilloch]

Fantastic video! Also, the Situation was brilliantly solved! Very sad that three innocent passengers were killed, but the outcome was otherwise unbelievably positive considering how difficult the situation was.

[@edwhite7078]

It's so surprising nowadays that they would allow the plane to take off again. Really no one thought about flying planes into things back then

[@kenirainseeker539]

Yeah even if they killed every passenger, if they flew into a building it'd kill all the passengers anyway plus the people in the building...

[@Kubulek17]

its kinda crazy it took till 9/11 for locked cockpit rules

[@thedevil9743]

i love sitting around watching these videos i could spend hours doing it

[@sarahstauffer4874]

You have to be careful about who you let into your country, the same way you want to be careful about who you let into your home.. Everyone isn't your friend. Not everyone has good intentions..

[@therealsidschuster3180]

Great Videos, love the fact that you made sure people would not leave bad comments about people, race etc. Thoroughly enjoy your videos, great content

[@mikes5293]

Really interesting video 👍 I hope you’ll cover the Malaysia Airlines disasters soon!

[@AH_mmziro]

oh you mean MH653?

[@srchamb05]

WTF!? This was NUTS!! Great job FRANCE!!

[@indiannafox6356]

youre videos are so good

[@Jacques1103]

Very good video 👍

[@skylineXpert]

A stewardess said: we had boys who didnt understand what they were doing. But they taught everyone a lesson.

[@MatthewTaylor3]

This video was nicely done in my opinion

[@StefunnyStrange]

Just imagine how brave you have to be to storm into a plane to save those passengers. You go in knowing there is a 50% chance you will be killed. I can't imagine!

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

based on

[@BrokebackBob]

Engaging, interesting, very well made historical retrospective!!

[@williameggleton414]

It's incredible those crazy bastards refused to surrender and give up. They were absolutely determined to open the gates of hell over Paris. Another thing noted is that the area where the plane would be blown up would be above the vicinity of multiple Paris landmarks, most of them symbols of France, such as the Eiffel Tower, Hotel de Ville, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre and the Montparnesse Tower. They intended to use the plane as an incendiary device that would send flaming wreckage upon the city and kill hundreds of Parisians. As terrifying as it was in America, Balladur and the GIGN should be aware they just prevented a French 9/11!

[@coquipeludo]

Good job, Chloe!

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Thanks!

[@CurtisEFlush5962]

the .22 pistol shown at 9:20 was a great touch, specifically because none of the men were armed with one.

[@miesteryt]

i will never understand why terrorists do what they do.

[@thedevil9743]

from what i understand most terrorists come from third world countrys that havee had wars in there country and mentally snap till they feel they are doing whats right for them and there country

[@dereklanmbarn6607]

Jihad. Struggle against the oppressors. One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter. Yada yada yada.

[@CrashTestPepe]

Idk, ask joe Biden and Harris. They’re pretty good terrorists.

[@desmond-hawkins]

​@@thedevil9743 this might be true for some and the idea of someone living in war and poverty taking arms to blow themselves up in a war against the state can easily be understood, but this completely misses the fanatical ideology aspect. If you look at the background of some famous terrorists, it's really not unusual to find well-educated and even wealthy people. Osama bin Laden came from a very rich family, his right hand in Al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri was a surgeon who grew up in a well-off neighborhood full of embassies, and even 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta was a brilliant student and became an architect. Most of them had families and kids. All of them left these riches and their comfort for the promise of an immense reward in paradise. You have to truly believe this and be fully convinced to your core to sacrifice yourself in this manner, that's way scarier than someone who "mentally snaps".

[@miesteryt]

@@thedevil9743 religion plays a big part in it

[@johnbryar3309]

What are you referring to when you say 'marginalised groups'?

[@moreedcola6837]

assumably islam itself.

[@isnitjustkit]

Muslims, those of different ethnic or national backgrounds, the obvious stuff

[@terencenxumalo1159]

good work

[@storkpatrick]

Wow absolutely incredible! What a crazy happening and what a storytelling and yet respectful !

[@adrienneislost1320]

4:46 I was surprised hearing the acronym of this group because my mom works at the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) and I'd never heard that acronym used anywhere else

[@EvanBear]

The plane should have been used for training for counter terrorist organizations. It deserved more than just being scrapped.

[@ditzygypsy]

It’s interesting (and of course horrible) that these terrorists wanted to use the plane as a bomb, and then later on 9/11, those terrorists used planes as missiles. Ingenuity isn’t always a good thing.

[@ginnykang943]

Amazing intro, very dramatic! It's different from any other air crash you've investigated. Excited to hear what happened!

[@StephenLuke]

RIP To the three passengers who were murdered by the hijackers on Air France Flight 8969 RIH To the four hijackers of Air France Flight 8969

[@stephanieparker1250]

Huge respect to the officers, the cabin crew and the hostages for such bravery! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@trekker105]

11:00 not me forgetting what was being said for a second and wondering how the hell the plane had taken off with the airstairs still attached

[@marieelisa1]

OMG, the video alone feel like a movie 😱

[@Handlename31]

Next hijack/hostage situation: Inflatable cushion under the stairs and cockpit, please. great vid!

[@gebe8978]

Just imagine being the second man on the front staircase. First man's task is to open the door. Second man is to enter the plane first.

[@indianfan1029]

I just subscribed to your channel, and here I get subjected to such a frivolous disclaimer regarding comments. I don't need any "people pleasing" channels in my list. Bye

[@TCPUDPATM]

Time for some coffee and a disaster breakdown vid 🤓

[@norwegianwiking]

Closest you'll ever get to a gunfight in a phone booth

[@duckduckduckko]

As a Muslim, I'm disgusted by the fact that their are stupid people who would carry out serious crimes in the name Allah. 🤮

[@jakegarvin7634]

"Algeria: You shouldn't let them have what they want" France: LET THEM HAVE WHAT THEY WANT

[@greymark420]

All I want to say is thank God we have such brave people to deal with these monsters. They truly are heroes.

[@jimmyshrimbe9361]

It seems you could also thank god for the terrorists. He not only created them and put them into his "plan" but they use god as the main reason for what they're doing. It doesn't make much sense.

[@twistedyogert]

Hats off to Abdul's mom for trying to get him to stop being evil. He clearly wasn't right in the head so I doubt that he would've been above trying to kill her.

[@almightysamwhich4203]

I mean being a greengrocer would make you feel like committing an act of terrorism 🤣

[@josephcorner4201]

more of these please

[@HOTHSABBY]

If your flight has anything to do with the number 232, dont board it

[@andrewkuebler4335]

We not gonna talk about that French Special Forces member who almost fell off the boarding stairs opening the door in the beginning?