History / Reels on Instagram: "In December 1994, Air France Flight 8969 became the center of one of the most intense hostage crises in aviation history when four armed terrorists from the Algerian Islamist group GIA hijacked the Airbus A300 shortly after it arrived in Algiers from Paris, killing three passengers during the ordeal and holding the remaining passengers and crew hostage for nearly 54 terrifying hours, as Algerian authorities delayed the aircraft on the tarmac before finally allowing