One of the gign operatives stormed the cockpit in which 4 terrorists were entrenched, with his personnal revolver at hand, and took down 3 of the 4 terrorists by himself, while suffering 7 bullets wounds, and I kid you not, a grenade. He obviously was in a bad shape after that, but got a legendary status.

@JohnWick-vb9pc

Жыл бұрын

Your mother stormed my cockpit and it was awesome 😂

@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589

5 ай бұрын

Yes the bravest man in this time. Very skilled, motivated and trained. MANURHIN REVOLVER became a Legend..

@princeofesseling5699

4 ай бұрын

this is not true… the cockpit was shot up with snipers and then stormed… if u look for videos u will see a pilot escaping the cockpit and snipers taking out the terrorists

@Bombastic87

4 ай бұрын

And they say, French are cowards.

@BluePlayzHD

4 ай бұрын

His revolver disallowed him to give more shots :/

Kidnapped? The word you are looking for is hijacked.

@davidrobertson5700

Жыл бұрын

Kidnapper says to pilot: Hi Jack Pilot replies: Oh hi Fred

@user-uh6lm5wv6n

Жыл бұрын

George Carlins prophecy. Soon this type of situation will be referred to as "borrowed plane".

@HellHunter00

Жыл бұрын

@@user-uh6lm5wv6n Kidnapped is no softer a word than hijacked. The title was probably just written by a non-native English speaker.

@rinduberhalu9897

Жыл бұрын

terrorist : hi jack pilot replies: oh hi, what are you doing ? terrorist : kid napped on you pilot : whose kid ?

@gamingwitheman3521

Жыл бұрын

Ya

Poor Co-Pilot. That drop hurts badly.

@petep.2092

Жыл бұрын

He should have used the rope escape ladder that is provided for an escape through the window.

@BobbertGG

Жыл бұрын

im sure the hijackers would allow him to do so

@hannagg9365

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing… poor guy… but actually he’s lucky! He managed to survive. And I doubt he would be wasting time to get the climbing rope. He saw a chance for escape, and he took it! Good call!

@littleraeofsunshine

Жыл бұрын

@@petep.2092 Kinda looks like he's trying to hold onto it but loses his grip. Guess in the moment he wasn't too particular.

@UltimEVB

5 ай бұрын

@@petep.2092that would have been obvious and the terrorist would have escaped

The training of the commandos allowed them to overcome unexpected obstacles and incredible odds. You really get to see the quality of training when things go wrong, and the team still makes it right. Excellent.

@paolojoosten6353

Жыл бұрын

BS.

@Heavenclone

Жыл бұрын

@@paolojoosten6353 Right so training and experience do not allow you to overcome unexpected obstacles. You clearly know nothing lol

@paolojoosten6353

Жыл бұрын

@@Heavenclone The first young commando who pulled the door died.The others survived.4 enemies... . I respect these commando's , but i know it was a false flag... . I can't remember exactly who was involved. But a country wanten a reason to attack another country.. .

@MN-vz8qm

Жыл бұрын

​@@paolojoosten6353 nonsense... stop the paranoia. These were algerian terrorists. And there was no war after that.

@arquilus7954

Жыл бұрын

@@paolojoosten6353 In the history of GIGN, 3 operators died during mission (1997, 2007, 2023) Nevertheless this assault occurred in 1994 so none of operators died during this operation

I cant believe those stairs didnt break due to the weight of those gigantic balls of the Special Forcers Operators..also that First officer..damn that fall was crazy..he literally hit his face..props to the pilots too.

@nahoulastingless

Жыл бұрын

The stairs didn't break indeed because those gign guys had tiny barely visible balls made of cheese...As for the FO he obviously can't fly in calm winds therefore the free fall on his face... Kudos to the flight crew though, they must have crapped their pants with generous amounts of nutella

@tudorDaDefender

Жыл бұрын

@@nahoulastingless how long have you been off meds?

@Yoshi-wt4lg

11 ай бұрын

@@nahoulastingless bro got the tinniest balls saying this

@nahoulastingless

11 ай бұрын

@@tudorDaDefender Since I discovered that you had no balls to start with, and that your nickname is tudor(la bitchesse)

@Peroriperora

4 ай бұрын

@@nahoulastinglessall your siblings got their faces painted on the windows of the cockpit. 😅

What you see here was broadcast LIVE on TV, on every major FR network. That was wild for the time.

@1yoan3

Ай бұрын

Whereas now everything is so sterile and censored as to not shock or offend people. I hate the news nowadays.

Impressive how you can see the glass of the cockpit shatter as they start shooting in the plane.

@amanciocohen5965

2 ай бұрын

no i don't see that

@Charlie2502

Ай бұрын

C’est les tireurs d’élite

@AK-ULTRA

Ай бұрын

@@amanciocohen5965 Are you blind?

@pedi-kun3978

22 күн бұрын

3:14 i can see 1 white spot on the cockpit window 3:25 i can see 4 white spot on the window 1 of it is clearly shattered use 720p or better to see more

The speed those commandos went into that aircraft!

Makes you feel humbled by that incredible bravery. Well done to the Special Forces 🇫🇷

The GIGN is become a world legend after this intervention.

@mortalclown3812

Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace to the 9 they lost. Heroes all.

@megarayquaza7185

Ай бұрын

​@@mortalclown3812Niemand von der GIGN wurde getötet

@valerioharvey7289

3 күн бұрын

​@@mortalclown38129 of them died?

Very impressive rescue by the French!!

@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145

Жыл бұрын

I am sceptical. The risk for passengers required too much luck. I'd maybe brought them nearby the plane with a refueling truck and delayed to dawn. But I was not there, am no officer nor socom. It is easy to claim afterwards.

@solsolsolsol2356

Жыл бұрын

@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 i thought like you first , It was very risky indeed, But it is very difficult to say it was wrong to do this . We learned after the operation, terrorists wanted to blowup the plane ( with the passenger inside obviously) and started to recite prayer for the death. There is no "best way" to solve this kind of situation. Excuse my poor english 🙂

@Deontjie

Жыл бұрын

Now these same terrorists just walks into France.

@Demun1649

Жыл бұрын

@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 Of course you are sceptical, you are, as you say, not military, nor were you there, nor were you trained to the same level, nor were you a member of the very best unit in the world, and you don't even know who they were. A typical ignorant civilian.

@Demun1649

Жыл бұрын

@@Deontjie Why distort the TRUTH? NO, they don't just walk in. Have you watched the annual Bastille Day parade down the Champ in Paris? Open your eyes, look at the ranks of the military on parade, and see just how many of the people, YOU despise, are in the ranks of the best military in the world. The terrorists who carried out the Paris attacks DROVE from Belgium. You have a very bad memory, or is it just prejudiced against anyone who is not white?

Vive la France! from Australia.

@aroxLeBg

3 ай бұрын

🇫🇷❤🇦🇺

Incredible French special forces bravery

Back when there was zero tolerance for terrorism...

@Hades_Space_Engineer

Ай бұрын

Funfact the tolerance for plane hijacking was much higher in the past pre 911 because the operatives always expected that the hijackers wanted to safe their own lives

@billyponsonby

26 күн бұрын

What are you talking about?

@nexinex5918

11 күн бұрын

​@@Hades_Space_Engineer yup, up to that point it was about extorting governments to release prisoners or the likes

I've known GIGN Since the 1980s and trust me they are a bloody good unit, a source in the SAS said the GIGN are best in the world at the moment !.

@brunol-p_g8800

5 ай бұрын

And the GIGN isn’t even Special forces, they are just the intervention group of the gendarmerie.

@darrenangel461

5 ай бұрын

Are you f.....g serious GIGN are special forces cut the keyboard bullshit.

@bf3andy

5 ай бұрын

they are special forces along with the commandos marines, CPA 10, 1er RPIMA, 13ème RDP, BRI and RAID units@@brunol-p_g8800

@2052lt

2 ай бұрын

They have the RAID now.

@pierredurand2141

Ай бұрын

@@2052lt yes but the GIGN still exist

World class operation that impressed the entire world

03:12 feels like the GIGN operative fell in slow motion, compared to how the copilot fell just a couple of seconds before !

@artos9406

Ай бұрын

because he was lower than the co pilot, and he managed to get even lower by holding with hands before the jump. So de facto he was almost 2 times lower than the pilot

That was a great job by the French authorities.

Amazing how they managed to get full footbage of this event unfold, it helps us get a better understanding of what went on, it was like a movie came to life.

France has been making me very proud lately... the marches, fighting for your rights and your special forces!! God Bless you France!! From 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

@yessir889

8 ай бұрын

You are from Liberia?

This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen

My massiveballs o meter has exploded watching this. All of those men are legends now.

GIGN is too badass 🔥🥵🇫🇷

@davidalejandromartinezpena677

Жыл бұрын

Quoi ont-ils fait ? Je suis pas français

@germanfisch

Жыл бұрын

@@davidalejandromartinezpena677 They're the special forces of france

@Apache410

Жыл бұрын

@@davidalejandromartinezpena677 (pardon mon français, Je suis Canadien mais je parle surtout anglais) Le GIGN est le Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale. Ce sont les forces spéciales antiterroristes de France.

@ericgabeau8148

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidalejandromartinezpena677 GIGN is the gendarmerie 's spécial forces then Le Raid is the police special forces. Both are very pro

@newyorkcity76

Жыл бұрын

09 of them injured

*To those who want to see a movie about this documentary, there is actually a French movie called « L’assaut ».*

@uwemobil8847

Жыл бұрын

TYVM. At prime for example

honestly, it blows my mind that it took 9-11 for a lot of these rule changes, its WILD the fact that locked doors only openable from the inside by the pilot still wasnt a thing even after this event. I will say, its incredible what youll risk and put your body through when all u need to do is survive, youll risk abd break 3 or 4 bones sometimes, and adrenaline will make it so u dont feel that shit, or feel it enough u cant move, until your out of the danger

@haselhofler

Жыл бұрын

There's no easy solution with door locking. If you have terrorists outside the cockpit the door must be locked from the inside. If you have a psychopath as pilot, you need the door to be openable from outside. See Germanwings 9525 crash

@zenmashofficial

Жыл бұрын

@@haselhofler keypad locking? with crew knowing the passcode?

@haselhofler

Жыл бұрын

@@zenmashofficial cool so the terrorist will kill stewardesses until one tells them the code.

@zenmashofficial

Жыл бұрын

@@haselhofler Would you not speak in a demeaning tone? I simply stated a method which is used by airlines today. Why don't you take your time to read about it? You obviously had no trouble taking time out of your day to make someone seem stupid for a security method.

@petep.2092

Жыл бұрын

@@zenmashofficial That wasn't a demeaning comment. It was simply pointing out the next step that will occur due to the scheme you mentioned. It seems you don't want to hear about the shortcomings of the scheme.

Good on France!!! From South Africa 🇿🇦

@Francedominemondeans-nv2dz

3 ай бұрын

Merci mon ami Thanks my Friend

When the aircraft reached Marseille, the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN), a counter-terror unit of the French National Gendarmerie, stormed the plane and killed all four hijackers

3:29 holly s*** 😨

I remember watching this live on TV as a child

@rugueuxbysurson3118

3 ай бұрын

j'adore comme aucun francais ne sait plus écrire en francais

@christiand8243

3 ай бұрын

@@rugueuxbysurson3118 Je vois pas vraiment le lien entre mon commentaire et votre réponse... Sinon, je suis pas français et le portugais est ma langue maternelle... Encore un français qui aurait dû tourner sa langue 7 fois dans sa bouche avant de parler 😂😜😂

Look at the way they charged at the door, showed now fear to save lives!!

3:29 guy took a Counter Strike Headshot effect

@victordelorientis8763

Ай бұрын

It happened before Counter Strike.. The reality comes first.

Honneur et patrie

These guys : BALLS OF STEAL !!!!!!

Vive La France! 🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

What about BEA investigators?

crazy, i'm french, watching a english video about a french event dubbed in english

Lucky this time!

bloody hell, no way lad it left me gobsmcked

French military/special forces is tough

@brunol-p_g8800

5 ай бұрын

Although the Gendarmerie is attached to the military, they are just countryside police, and the GIGN is the intervention group.

Well done GIGN!

@newyorkcity76

Жыл бұрын

09 of them injured

@vipecrx

Жыл бұрын

@@newyorkcity76 none killed, one serious and the other minor in a 20 minute shootout in a confined space in which only the terrorists died. Context is a bitch.

@astygmatyzm9071

Жыл бұрын

@@newyorkcity76 None dead. And no civilian casualties in the raid too.

@lpi3

Жыл бұрын

​@@astygmatyzm9071sounds like extremely nice work! Merci!

I believe the term 'hijack' would be more appropriate than 'kidnap' in the context of an airplane. Very awkward phrasing in title.

WTF why did you cut it short

This is literally the ending of Modern Warfare Call of Duty 4.

3:30 was that a shotgun blast onto the GIGN solider?

@chill1478

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, that was a bullet from the terrorists hitting the GIGN officer's handgun magazine, blowing up its ammunitions.

Dear god 18K views in one day wow 😯

French panache at its best!

i love how when the co pilot fell out the SF operator stopped hanging and jumpe dof to.,

So scary

Vive La France

I didn't know this 😰

Gign just did one mistake,they were training on empty airbus so when they used the jetway on D day they could not open the door because the airbus was in lower position than empty plane.

These are not special forces but the GIGN (Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale), an elite counter-terrorism/hostage rescue/critical site protection/counter-organized crime unit of the French Gendarmerie. In terms of status they can be ~ compared to the German GSG9 for example, though the gendarmes have a military status and not police

For the the American who didn’t know. They were planning to smash into the Eiffel tower in dec 1998

@newyorkcity76

Жыл бұрын

Not one know

@asdA7dsAsgahgKba6

Жыл бұрын

what a stupid comment

@prasannadahal5981

Жыл бұрын

why do all European feel the only place outside of Europe is America? Or it may be a general intuition to believe every violence has American Audience?

@valentino-yv4vw

Жыл бұрын

@@prasannadahal5981 lots of Americans on youtube

@Alltimeboxing

Жыл бұрын

Wrong it was 1994

3:29 "GIGN commando Philippe Bardelli was leading a column up the front right stairs, as that team was tasked with throwing stun grenades in the cockpit, when a 7.62 × 39 mm bullet from an AK-47 hit his drawn pistol and detonated the cartridges; Bardelli later remarked that his pistol thereby saved his life, since such AK-47 rounds were able to penetrate the GIGN's helmet visors." Source: Wikipedia

A man fell on his face from high up and just got back up like nothing happened! That's one hard headed dude!

@monsieurmichelg5305

Жыл бұрын

His life was on the line in that moment. U would be amazed of what adrenaline will enable one to do when ones life is on the line. That guy could of jumped from even higher and because his life was on the line, I would of bet u ten bucks he would of survived the fall. lol The human body is capable of both terrible and amazing things.

@petep.2092

Жыл бұрын

If he wasn't so hard headed he might have remembered that there is a rope ladder provided for exiting through the window. I doubt any terrorist would have noticed him climbing out or would have cared… if he turned his head to look at the pilots he risked his head being blown off by the snipers.

@bassyey

2 ай бұрын

Probably a broken ankle. If he had actually had something broken, he wouldn't feel it for maybe 5-7 minutes. His brain put him in survival mode, nothing else matters. He will feel the pain later.

France’s GIGN is the most successful anti terrorist specialized police force ever. They’ve been in act since the 1970’s, across the globe including Africa (GIGN rescued French school kids from an Islamic school bus kidnapping).

Wow

The aircraft ended up discarded. There were simply too many holes on her for a safe and economical repair... 🙁

Air Chance

A kidnapped flight

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

We never hear the end of the amazing sas embassy siege but I think this is unbelievable not sure two different groups of sf going towards each other firing on a plane is ideal but I’m sure they knew what they were doing

@qtdcanada

Жыл бұрын

@@hornpiper421 How? Please tell us!

@francescopaolociminale5258

Жыл бұрын

@@qtdcanada let him live.

@maxbooth8611

Жыл бұрын

​@VIPICCB8 we are the America of Europe that's for sure - in the worst ways possible

@walkie1985

Жыл бұрын

@@qtdcanada as a Royal Marine I will say this. Anyone from the elite forces pays an incredible respect to other countries elite forces. No one within that sphere would make a comment like that. Would the SAS do better? Who knows, who cares. They weren’t there. The French GIGN are an elite unit that has the respect of all forces around the world.

@dougaltolan3017

Жыл бұрын

​@@qtdcanada they'd have had flags and bands and corgis

Is this the inspiration for the Rainbow 6 map?

What was the explosion at the end that sent some men down the stairs? Who were they?

Hows the GIGN who took a hit on the stairs?

@clyde_1

10 ай бұрын

@@diamoneus It was not a grenade, the bullet hit his gun causing the cartridges to explode

terrorists: get onto the plane GIGN pov: *death sentence*

@Catser0024

8 күн бұрын

Will you save people

dudes be kidnapping airplanes these days

Extracts of Mayday's The Killing Machine.

These mfs are built different falling from that high

The first mistake the kidnappers made was landing in France. Second was not surrendering as soon as they landed.

And this is when the world discovered the existence of the GIGN.

Almost everything that is improved over time, it rarely because of good preventative measures. Its always because there's enough previous data to justify a solution. You see it all the time with traffic lights in deadly intersections, they won't do anything until the death count becomes too high to ignore.

@vasiovasio

Жыл бұрын

Yes, like a - Everything bad is for Good! 😊

the hell hijacked

@user-sj1qg1lg3l

10 ай бұрын

????

How does that happen

ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weihnachten 1994! Sozusagen kurz nach den punischen Kriegen. Und das wärmt man heute wieder auf? Christmas 1994! So to say shortly after the Punic wars. And you warm that up again today?

Many fps have a map or plane mission (CoD, rainbow 6..) but the truth is that these missions are from that actual event.. all the hostages were saved despite a fierce gunfight and the gign became an example in terms of brutal but clean and effective intervention (nothing to do with the Russian intervention forces or for example "spetsnaz" mystified but which in reality best to kill their own citizens hostages in school and theater...)

was there anyone shooting who didn't intend to kill ?.. or was it only the terrorists ?

@vipecrx

Жыл бұрын

google. There's a wikipedia entrance too

1:45 Who chose an actor who can't handle a MP5 correctly?

and this shows algerians reputation

The Fortnite ar noise at 0:13 💀💀

0:50 That's Barack Obama 😆

best place to be during this shoot out is in the bathroom

GIGN and GSG-9 participated to the final qualification of Delta force in 1979

The US just blows up the entire plane to get the guy who carried a Bic onboard.

@petep.2092

Жыл бұрын

No, they make you take your shoes off to avoid that, but if he manages to get a terrorizing device on board, the passengers rush him and call it a sack. It's happened a few times. Once they even did it on a French train.

Flight 8969

Kidnapped?? Engish is a wonderful language......when used well!! Whahahahahahaah!

That was Hijackers Or what ?

Back when France was still great. Now, look at it. Littered with "people".

@raffiagamyan7305

6 сағат бұрын

c'est toujours le cas nos forces spécials sont encore meilleur

1min 37 views lol 😂

3:29 did that guy survive?

@Catser0024

8 күн бұрын

He did

Where did it happen?

@ecamstatus

3 ай бұрын

In Marseille

i was so confused on who was the bad guys lmao

No messing there by the French - get in there and sort it out. Meanwhile in Britain we would be wondering if anyone would be offended, and working out what pronouns to refer to the hijackers as before we pander to any of their further demands, before apologising.

@Nttmf

Жыл бұрын

😂😂 that seems about right. They’d probably throw in some free British airways tickets so they can visit Fiji and Bali.

@vipecrx

Жыл бұрын

This happened over two days.

@paolojoosten6353

Жыл бұрын

False flag attack.

Season / episode?

@gabingrandmougin862

6 ай бұрын

The images filmed from the outside are the real images of the operation and the images filmed from the inside are from the film The Assault

Kidnapped? Can you kidnap a plane? I know you can hijack a plane and you can kidnap people !!

@lpi3

Жыл бұрын

In France one can kidnapp plane and hijack people. Vive la France!

Un bon Film 😊💊🍷🥃🦓🛸👃

Subangairport

Fun fact: le GIGN parle français

Plane number 8969 ayo thats sus