On 24 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Algiers Airport. The four terrorists demand the aircraft be allowed to depart for Paris so they can blow up the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower, but the Algerian Army blocks the aircraft with vehicles and refuse to allow it to take off. Unable to carry out their plans, the terrorists kill three passengers over the next two days. The aircraft is then cleared to take off, but the crew diverts to Marseille Provence Airport. The hostage rescue team of the French Gendarmerie storms the aircraft, and after a gun battle in the cabin, the four hijackers are killed and everyone else is evacuated. It is described as "one of the most successful anti-terrorist operations in history."

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert (Self - Narrator (voice))

Guest Stars

Afrah Gouda (Zahida Kakachi)
Dylan Ramsey (Bobby 'The Killer')
Jean Pearson (Bernard Dhellemme (Captain))
Jean-Michel Nadeau (Jean-Paul Borderie (Co-Pilot))
Jean-Marc Fontaine (Alain Bossuat (Flight Engineer))
Elizabeth Lennie (Claude Burgniard (Flight Attendant))
Jeremy From (Christophe Morin (Flight Attendant))
Elie Gemael (Yahia)
Kevork Arslanian (Lotfi)
Kathleen Fee (Claude Burgniard (voice))
Luis DeCespedes (Bernard Dhellemme (voice))
Hubert Fielden (Édouard Balladur (voice) / Charles Pasqua (voice))
Jennifer Morehouse (Zahida Kakachi (voice))
Nathalie Hamel-Roy (Yahia's Mother (voice))
Maxime Desmons (Yannick)

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S2E3 — The Killing Machine

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