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French military helicopters raid on hijacked ship off Corsica

Bastia, Corsica - The transalpine cargo had been seized from dependents of a navigation company

French military helicopters have recaptured a transalpine cargo ship that had been hijacked yesterday at Marseille port by workers of the state-owned SNCM Corsica to protest against Government’s decision to privatize the ferry company (400 redundancies on 2400 jobs would have been planned). Early today, a commando made up of 30 unarmed black-clad and masked men, abseiled from five helicopters to t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 127779
Rome, Italy, 09/28/2005 13:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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