ITS HIJACKING ON OCTOBER 7, 1985. FOUR MEN REPRESENTING THE PALESTINE LIBERATION FRONT HIJACKED THE SHIP AND KILLED ONE AMERICAN AND DUMPED HIM OVERBOARD. THE MEN TRIED TO FLEE LATER AND WERE ON AN EGYPTIAN PLANE.  PRESIDENT REAGAN SEND F-14 FIGHTER JETS WHICH FORCED THE PLANE TO LAND AT A NATO BASE.  THE HIJACKERS WERE THEN CAPTURED. AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ON GOGLE I PERSONALLY PURCHASED THE BAG WHILE SAILING ON THIS SHIP PRIOR TO THE HIGHJACKING.