In which year was the 'Achille Lauro' cruise ship hijacked by the P.L.F.?
MS Achille Lauro MS Achille Lauro MS "Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS "Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd, she was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985. In other incidents, she also suffered two serious collisions (in 1953 with the and in 1975 with the cargo ship "Youseff") and four onboard fires or explosions (in 1965, 1972, 1981, and 1994). In the last of these, in 1994, the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. Ordered in 1938 to replace the
Lauro Lines v. Chasser Lauro Lines v. Chasser Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser, 490 U.S. 495 (1989), is the touchstone case in which the United States Supreme Court laid out the law of interlocutory appeals for United States federal courts. Plaintiff cruise passengers had filed a lawsuit in a United States district court against the defendant cruise line for injuries sustained when an Italian cruise ship, the "Achille Lauro", was hijacked by terrorists. The cruise ticket included a forum selection clause which required that lawsuits against the cruise line be brought in Naples, Italy. The cruise line filed a motion to dismiss for lack