Pericles Panagopoulos (29 December 1935 – 5 February 2019) was a Greek shipping magnate.
After five months of hospitalization, his father died, following a violent attack by the Nazi occupiers.
[9] Leaving the young Pericles and his two half-brothers to be brought up by his widowed mother from Constantinople.
Built in Helsingor Shipyard and delivered in 1974, she was designed to carry 450 passengers as this was the capacity of the 747 Jumbo Jet airplane.
[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The kidnapping was orchestrated from prison by Greek crime boss Panagiotis Vlastos, who later made a failed attempt to escape prison, with a helicopter armed with improvised explosive devices and AK-47s.