The INSANE Raid & Hijacking Of Flight 8969… (*ACTUAL FOOTAGE*)
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2023
- On Monday December 26th 1994, Air France Flight 8969, en route from Algiers to Paris, was over taken by a group of four men disguised as police officers. The men were well armed and took the 232 passengers and crew hostage-- leading to a hellish 54 hour siege. Prime Minister Édouard Balladur was called back to the Elysee Palace and briefed on the situation. Where he made the call for a response from an elite counterterrorism unit. The GIGN.
The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, commonly known as GIGN, is a highly specialized police tactical unit operating under the National Gendarmerie of France. Its diverse range of missions include countering terrorism, hostage rescue, counter-intelligence, safeguarding government officials, critical sites (such as French embassies in conflict zones), and combating organized crime.
The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) operates under the direct authority of the Director General of the Gendarmerie Nationale (DGGN), who serves as the chief of staff of the Gendarmerie and reports directly to the Ministry of the Interior. In case of a major crisis, the DGGN or his Deputy for Operations may assume command; however, GIGN mostly supports the day-to-day operations of local units of the Departmental Gendarmerie. Additionally, GIGN is part of the European ATLAS Network, which is an informal association comprising the specialized police units of the 27 member states of the European Union.
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What topic should I cover next? >;]
Hi popo
WW2 Stories, that would be badass.
DC Sniper
You gotta do the one where the egyptian special forces killed a bunch of civilians in Malta, cause they were so bad.
What happened to the first video 😢
You know what’s crazy? In 50 years the GIGN have only had 9 casualties. 2 during operations and 7 during training incidents. In the 50 years since formation, having taken part in over 1,800 missions they have only lost 2 operators. These guys are the best of the best, mad respect
Edit since everyone keeps bringing up Delta, SAS, SBS, etc… I AM TALKING ABOUT CTF AND NATIONAL POLICE FORCES. Think ones like the GSG9 or FBI HRT. Yes these guys can absolutely give Delta and SAS a run for their money but those are military forces, the GIGN is not.
GIGN CHADS
Yeah but they couldn't stop Agent 47
It’s that revolver sniper man
You ever heard of delta forces?
@@JohnDoe-on6ru they could be turning off the tv
props to the absolute baller who sacrificed himself to get that door open, poor guy was left hanging, but looked like he landed ok
Looked painful lol
He knew he'd have to get that damn door open or the whole operation could have easily ended in disaster. It's so good to know that there are guys out there that will just give them themselves to rescue innocent people, no matter the cost on their side.
@Nilon "so others may live"
Thank you for understanding the sacrifice especially for the ones who don't make it back.
He definitely tore knees or broke something
@@cmendoza1094 he walked that shit off like a man tho🤣
As a GIGN Operator who also served in the SAS-R here in Australia and also serving 4 tours of the Clone Wars (22 BBY-19 BBY) and 1 tour with NASA as a shuttle door gunner against the Moon Nazi's in 2012 I appreciate all the hard work you put into your videos PoPo.
Bro I believed you at first but then you started going about the clone wars and I was like what the heell
Had me in the first half
Sounds legit 👌
Ah a fellow shuttle door gunner, that was a shit gig.
You should write a book
That Delta Operator quote is VERY telling as this raid and the GSG-9 rescue in 1977 remained the textbook examples of successful recues on aircraft to this very day. Respect to GIGN, GSG-9 and other units like them.
Except whoever was driving and then the bro who just let his teammate fall and break his ankles
@@alexdavis1089 good example of "speech is silver, silence is golden"
@@065Tim just like nowadays every retired navy seal has a utube channel and a book if they we’re lucky enough….
Whatever happened to the silent professionals?
I think that’s a delta quote.
@@markvonschober6872 I feel like the last couple of years this was solely a problem of ex operators from the United States. But in the last couple of month I have noticed that there are increasing numbers of ksk soldiers making UA-cam vids as well. Even tho they were masks in these vids it’s still not a good look.
It's really not a problem every navy seals book is vetted all content produced monitored, it's just another psyop.
Dude, that was wild. Glad to see you making content in a niche you seem to enjoy and are interested in, and I'm amazed that your production quality and narration get better each time.
@@washyourballs You got me there
I’m always so amazed when situations like this are resolved without any of the hostages or operators being killed. These guys are so good at what they do. Another great vid popo medic.
Yeah, and moral of the story, have a super soldier be in your ranks because the some GIGN operative got shot multiple times and survived.
Moral of the story:
When the dogs are let off the leash they do awesome work. Rather is bin laden, or this. When discretion is given to the pipe hitters, the job gets done.
@@goinhot9133 door hitters and piper kickers 😂
Yea its almost like this is a false flag op! No way!
@@danielmorris7648 okay buddy 😂
Great video about an incredible assault. The GIGN operator leading the entrance of the plane,. Thierry Prungnaud, suffered many gunshot wounds and even had a grenade explode just next to him. It's crazy to think he survived that and that there were no casualties, GIGN is truly an elit SOF
Its always insane to me how quickly this stuff happens, they are seriously clearing it like some gaming levels, must be some badass people and training
Just like bideo game 🤪
@@misterjohn8130 lol
When your team loses more men in Training then in Operations then you know they train maybe a bit too much.
When I joined the army in 1995, I was assigned to the hospital were the only GIGN operator who got injured had reconstructive surgery and was recuperating.
They had snipers on the rood 24/7. Their own armed guards (I was in a military hospital, so we already had security) roaming the facility.
And as per tradition (and to protect their identity) they were all masked. Mad respect for those guy.
Wow that kind of esprit d’corps is incredible. That’s real brotherhood
I have a participation in this story; I was then a young fireman, doing my terms (then mandatory) in the Paris fire brigade, the BSPP, and that night, when there was still a possibility that the plane would leave Marignanne for Paris, we were dispatched in the Ermenonville forest, briefed about a possible airplane crash, and then we waited.
Luckily the plane stayed in Marignanne, had it taken off, it would have been shot down over the forest.
It would have never reached Paris.
Interesting story mate!
Government do be cold blooded. That would have been political suicide for every involved in the planning and execution of such an event.
Yeah, there was no way that plane was gonna be allowed to fly to Paris under any circumstances, especially after hearing about their plans for the tower.
Who supplies your jet
Literally cannot get enough of your content. The editing, the soundtracks, the presentation, the commentary. All absolutely superb. Big things sure to come of this channel.
reminds me alot of j aubrey, at least the presentation
Lol same, I train to the videos I’ve already seen for the music
Minus the Ruby Ridge/Waco one. He was defending the feds on those. Pretty inexcusable.
@@rsod85 idk about ruby ridge
But Waco seemed balanced, everyone knows about how evil the govt is so there isn’t a need to waste time, many people don’t know about the people inside WaCo and their crackpot religion
Imagine getting smoked by a French dude rocking a .357 magnum in a airplane.
Hi Popo Medic, I am glad that you covered this one masterpiece of an intervention. I remember seeing this live on TV, I was 14 Yo at that time. Some commentators about this case later said that this case had an impact on the 9/11 attacks. The Air France crew was clearly playing against the terrorist, but there was nothing the terrorists could do in return because they could not fly the plane. Therefore, Al Qaeda decided to use trained pilots instead, hence eliminating the crew from the start. Knowing how close were GIA and Al Qaeda ideologically, this seems possible.
Same thought
Cool story bro
Planes did not bring down the towers. Explosives did. Building 7.
@@JohnSmith-gq9gn it does not change anything to the fact that the terrorists had to learn piloting the planes before hijacking them, and it could be a lesson learned from the Gia failure on that day. .
@@66numero The planes weren't hijacked.
The GIGN are no joke. Massive respect to those guys.
The *GIGN* is one of the many things making me proud to be French.
God bless your nation friend, and and all the strength to those tasked with her protection.
@@Anino_Makata Thank you very much my brother. Where are you from ?
It's a shame these guys don't get much rep in video games
@@TheRealFalkerry Hail from the Philippines, from a forgotten race of fighters.
@@beliveau4943 unless it's R6 Siege
Thierry Prungnaud is a french hero (as his teammates). On December 26, 1994, he was the second gendarme to enter the Air France plane at Marignane airport during the attack to free the hostages. Seriously injured by 7 Kalashnikov bullets (2 of which lodged in his bulletproof vest) and by the explosion of a grenade, he nevertheless neutralized 3 of the 4 members of the Armed Islamic Group. He will survive his injuries despite the after-effects.
These documentaries are short and to the point, the production value is great, and each one keeps being an absolute banger.
I can’t say enough, GIGN, Badass Music, Perfect Tension Build Up, Rewarding And Intense Climax, And An Amazing Narrator. Can’t wait to see more ❤
This raid, the GSG-9 Olympic raid and the SAS embassy raid are legendary. These SOF guys are badass and I'm glad they are there to protect us.
GSG9 Olympic raid? I think you mean the Lufthansa Landshut raid, because the GSG9 was founded after the 1972 Olympics where the raid by regular police turned into a bad disaster.
@@derxer614 you're right I mixed them up
I believe it would have been worth mentioning about the gign operator who first went it and got shot multiple times, took grenade shrapnel and didn't go down and kept pushing.
Great video as always 💙
Amazing video as always, I’d totally watch a full 2hr long documentary by you!!!!
I’ve got something in the works ;)
@Popo Medic , just so you know ... I feel the same way as On The Radio and we're not alone haha
@@PopoMedic you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention 😂😂
Same, but on one condition, its full of dark synth music like this one.
Popo Medic has a way of making a ten minute long video go by in thirty seconds. His videos are just that good.
I appreciate Popo using actual footage and detailing these events for us. Top tier content.
Forgotten Weapons has a great interview with the founder of GIGN. Definitely worth watching.
Thank you for talking about the GIGN. If anyone wants to know more about this unit I advice to read the books "Nous étions les premiers" which is about the first members and misisons of the GIGN, and "Confessions d'un OPS" which is more recent, where a gign operator tells about his experience with the unit.
It's always epic & badass whenever I see a notification from this channel! I was already having a good day and now it just got even better! Also the GIGN are without a doubt one of the best counter-terror units in the world absolute true professionals right up there with Delta, GSG-9, and the SAS 💯💯💯🔥🔥
I mentioned this a while back so in that vein not sure if you’ve done Operation Thunderbolt but if not, take a look at that one too.
One of the few ocassions where GIGN operators were outshined by the performance of the hostages themselves. A truly remarkable story on their behalf especially the Algerians who refused to leave the plane despite being offered to go by the hostage takers believing it might help the odds of the others to survive.
I love seeing the collective support in your comment section. Really , like 90% of the comments are great, positive words about your work and effort. I guess it's not surprising bc your style is awesome , it's just nice seeing. Some good ppl here and great taste in content 😄 .
Probably one of the best channels on youtube...my only gripe is that you don't upload often enough lol every episode is just so damn good
and length, we get 30 min presentations from someone like operations room.
That and his refusal of covering the Operation Chavín de Huántar.
@@LagrangePoint0 why does he refuse?
@@ConflictMedia Because it was a terrorist attack (the Japanese embassy hostage crisis) perpetrated by the communists, and most of his audience is far-left, he would be alienating his own audience and would lose subscribers. It's a shame because the operation was a huge success and not even the top-tier special forces around the world have done something like that with such efficiency.
My brother met GIGN officers in 2017, for some government things. As, India was improving its police Special Task force tactics. He told me how much professional they were.
After this topic I really want to see a video about the GSG9 raid on a kidnapped Lufthansa airliner
If you want to know more about this raid, the officer that went first in the cockpit explained in various french interviews what happened. He ran to the cockpit where 3 terrorists were, killed one and wounded another before they could react and was without cover, got shot multiple times with uzi and AK47. His visor exploded due to an uzi round, he was shot multiple times by the same uzi in the chest (kevlar stopped it), took 7 shots of AK47 (only 2 were stopped by his vest) and while he was laying on the ground a grenade was thrown next to him and he survived because he turned around to turn his back to the grenade. He had severe injuries and they still affect him today.
Damn, so stoked you brought more content. I love your stuff. Keep it coming!
I was literally just checking in on your channel this morning to see if you released a video I had missed. This was a great surprise to find this afternoon!
Informative and superbly produced as always! Thank you!
GIGN on this day were amazing. As a Brit we both don't compliment each other often,lol,but those guys were bravery personified! Carrying on regardless when their team mates were falling around them blew my mind!They were absolutely superb!Hero,s every one of them.👏👏👏🤝🤝👍👍👍
Props to the GIGN guy that opened the door and fell off the stairs
Awesome work once again! Love the backing music, and the levels are even again :)
Awesome content as usual. If you haven't seen it, L'Assaut 2010 is aFrench movie retelling this operation.
FYI Denis Favier didn't remain anonymous. He was still serving as a General at least until the 2010s.
About time!!! I’ve been waiting every Thursday waiting for a drop!!! ❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing your amazing story telling skill.
I salute both your work, and the quick correction of the audio typo. Always a pleasure to watch your content. Hats off.
Thank you Popo Medic your videos are amazing.
I remember hearing about this for the first time after watching 'Le Assault" and im glad you did a video on this.
Dude you’re production is legit, great video mate
i love this! no useless boring explaining, straight into the action after a short briefing of what was going on at the time! and the music, it really brings the tensions up!
Love the content keep pumping them out! 🙏🏻👍🏻
Perfect timing for what's going on and not being reported on in France atm. Thanks for the content, Dane. 🤙🏽
What’s happening
@Mr Cheese some pretty gnarly protesting. Same thing started going on in Israel. Not too much talk of that on UA-cam, but if you look at some other countries' news sites, you'll find a lot more on it.
Incredibly made music is just fantastic, editing is top teir and found footage. Can't thank you enough for the hard work.
You’ve reminded me of why thursdays are good days and you posting videos makes it a whole lot better
another great video, very swift. From the UK here and it's great to see some stories from outside the US.
The romans would have paid anything to have siege ladders with such rapidity...
Didn't think that scene would ever be played out in modern situations
Happy to see you back bro. Thanks for the great content
These just get better and better man! Keep em coming.
your are highly undiscovered. UA-cam should be pushing channels like you way more. Thankyou for your amazing videos, and transformative looks into these gnarly events.
630k subs is not even remotely in the same universe as highly undiscovered hahaha
For movie buffs out there, "The Delta Force (1986)" starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin, was based on two previous hijackings that were similar in nature to this. It's worth a watch.
I just looked through your channel yesterday and was sad.. Nothing new and I’ve watched every single one!
Awesome job! Please keep the new content coming!👏🏽
bro i love your content and videos you make learning about shootings and events easier and funnier with your humor. thank you for all your videos and keep up the great work
I've always been fascinated by the GIGN. Such an elite force, it amazes me.
They should be known better in the english speaking world and nations.😢😅
The narration, and story always goes past the expectations! Love the content always can't wait for the next video!
Dude your production is some of the best over ever seen man got me so hyped. Well done..
That drop must’ve hurt at 8:05. I felt that.
Hey! Thank you so much for covering this. I don't wanna beg you to cover other incidents that took place in France, but we do have a few that were massive and tactically interesting (Charlie Hebdo, Bataclan...).
Anyway, great content, as always ♥
I remember hearing about those on the radio on my way to school. Absolutely horrible what happened, but after reading a bit more about it I got fascinated by the tactics of the response. Would love to see this stuff covered by popo
love your videos. only channel i regularly check for new content. keep up the good work
These are awesome. I look forward to every one you put out. Keep up the great work!
For anyone who's interested there's a 2010 French movie based on this that last time I saw it I thought covered it well called L'Assaut.
It's in French, so remember to turn your subtitles on, but I think the movie did this event justice.
That movie was brilliant. Not your typical action based fast film either - but also not lacking the tension of the situation. The storming of the plane is chaotic and claustrophobic and really well done.
Just a small fact check, the operators actually killed 3 of the 4 terrorists using mr73 revolvers 😮
These keep getting better n better. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! It was worth my time to watch this. Keep it up.
Hey Popo Medic, Great video. Just one thing I noticed, why was the schematic displayed the Antonov an225 Mriya instead the Airbus A300? It looked kind of weird tbh. Nothing big overall, just wondering if this was an error or you weren't able to attain the top -down schematics of the A300.
Pretty amazing how in even the absolute best raids by the best teams, they still. have mistakes in planning or execution -- in this one, the airstair height (I guess they didn't have time to practice with the specific stairs on that model of aircraft elsewhere at the airport?), at Iranian Embassy SAS had the rappelling failure which set things off early, etc. Rapidly overcame it, which is why they were successful.
They trained on the same plane....but GIGN snipers shooted the plane tyres to immobilise it and so the door entrance was less high...
@@marctestaniere3286 It doesn't look like it - 8:09 when the guy drops down, the front gear tyres are fully inflated
Read on the military wiki that the height difference was because they trained on an empty plane. While the other plane was lower due to passengers and luggage.
That's what makes them the best of the best. Things almost never go to plan once game day comes and it's their ability to adapt and think on the fly under high stress while still making good decisions that allows them to execute the missions.
i've waited for this video. I'm so glad it's finally there
Really well done! I feel like I should be paying to watch these
I’m thinking about making a similar video but hacking documentary format
Ide watch that
bro had to repost his comment too lol
@@synistree see my most recent you’ll like it
Great Stuff as always, defiantly one of my favorites love your content! I was just looking yesterday for a new segment to get my fix lol
Always fantastic work! Tyvm as it was a great way to learn more about this 🎉🎉
Its commendable how GIGN responded 1994 and so sad for the loss of lives yet thankful to those saved. The whole events were so fluid and evoling tragic. Much respect whiskey 2925 SBS. keep it true worriors
I was around 5 years old when this happened so my memory of this is hazy at best but I remember my mother watching the coverage on the news. I remember being worried because we had a vacation coming up and would be flying to our destination. I thought this was going to happen to the plane I was on.
Scary
These videos are always just as good as the last but at the same time even better everytime
These videos are always so intense and I love it
How big do we need to get this man's channel in order to get hour+ long documentaries including interviews with people followed in the videos?
The bravery of The GIGN that day was outstanding! Once the rollerball starts you have to,and they did,keep going.These men kept going as team mates fell around them.Truly heroic with amazing professionalism Bravo,Bravo!As with their German counterparts GSG9,I believe The GIGN are a superbly and highly trained arm of the French Gendarmerie. 😢😇😇😇👍👍👍👍👍
Can I just say that the quality of these videos is absolutely incredible. Especially the epic music, it gets me totally hooked.
Great video, but the diagram used to show where the hijackers died wasn’t the actual plane but an Antonov AN.226
That annoyed me too. It's a baffling choice of image.
There's an episode of I Survived which features one of the hostages, a woman, who was shot and thrown out the door of the plane but survived. Her account is absolutely horrifying. She sat there in line, so to speak, just waiting to be executed, watching those in front of her being murdered and her believing she would be killed any second. I honestly struggle to think of something more terrifying, more stressful, than that.
My favorite series on YT. Looking forward to the next part. 👍🏻
Dude ur production great i love these videos lol. They get me pumped af
Great narration, brother. No bullshit, no political or emotional interjection, just the facts. And the 80's "vice" soundtrack is a fucking perfect touch. Always look forward to the next installment. I'd love to see your take on the Lavoy Finicum and Bundy Ranch "incident". Or maybe Leonard Peltier Vs. FBI. You obviously do your research, so it would be great to see some coverage on those stories.
Damn this gives me major R6 vibes.
You do a great job with these videos. Your narration is spot on.
Bro i was just wondering today why i hadnt seen any of your notifications in a while, literally an hour later, BAM, new vid😎
Probably the most difficult entry a team can make. These guys were good.
As a Formal GIGN Operator who also served for 20 years, during operations lost my children and wife and having taken part in over thousand missions I can say good job!
Rook and Doc from Rainbow Six Siege doesn't count as service to GIGN my man
@@MORNINGST6R :(
As always your music TURBO SLAPS! great video as always.
You have become the channel that I instantly click on when I see a new video, quickly becoming my favorite channel. Your fkn killing it
any siege fans here we will know the maps yo
you wanna know what problems i have with your videos?......they aren't long enough. i want more i binge watch these at work.
Man I watched every single one of your videos and every single one of them is a hit, keep it up!
Great info and presentation. Good job on the research of the subject.
I was so disappointed when I clicked on the first video & it said it was private 😏
seeing that guy hang from stairs and fall around 20 feet to the concrete hurt to watch
for anyone that hasn't fallen a similar distance, that's a brutal impact.....despite him landing it about as well as possible