Denis Favier
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Denis Favier is a French officer known for commanding the mission to remove hijackers from Air France Flight 8969. From 2013 to 2016, he was the General-Director of the French Gendarmerie.
Favier in 2012
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Air France Flight 8969
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Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France Airbus A300 flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers. The militants murdered th
Denis Favier
…Denis Favier (born 18 May 1959) is a French officer known for commanding the mission to remove hijackers from Air France Flight 8969. From 2013 to 2016, he was the General-Director of the French Gendarmerie. Favier was born on 18 May 1959 in Lons-le-Saunier. In 1979, he joined the…
F-GBEC, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, seen in August 1994