Four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Islamic_Group_of_Algeria" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Armed Islamic Group of Algeria">Armed Islamic Group</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft hijacking">hijackers</a> seize control of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_8969" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Air France Flight 8969">Air France Flight 8969</a>. When the plane lands at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marseille">Marseille</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gendarmerie" id="mwASw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Gendarmerie">French Gendarmerie</a> assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.