Lufthansa Flight 181
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Lufthansa Flight 181 was a Boeing 737-230C jetliner (reg. D-ABCE) named Landshut that was hijacked on 13 October 1977 by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who called themselves Commando Martyr Halima. The objective of the hijacking was to secure the release of imprisoned Red Army Faction leaders in German prisons. In the early hours of 18 October, just after midnight, the West German counter-terrorism group GSG 9, backed by the Somali Armed Forces, stormed the aircraft in Mogadishu, Somalia, with 86 passengers and four of the total five crew rescued.[1] The rescue operation was codenamed Feuerzauber (German for "Magic Fire").[2] The hijacking is considered to be part of the German Autumn. 3 hijackers and the captain were killed.
Hijacking | |
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Date | 13–18 October 1977 (5 days) |
Summary | Hijacking |
Site | Initially over the Mediterranean Sea, south of the French coast; subsequently Mogadishu International Airport, Somalia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-230C |
Aircraft name | Landshut |
Operator | Lufthansa |
IATA flight No. | LH181 |
ICAO flight No. | DLH181 |
Call sign | LUFTHANSA 181 |
Registration | D-ABCE |
Flight origin | Son Sant Joan Airport |
Destination | Frankfurt International Airport |
Occupants | 95 |
Passengers | 86 plus 4 hijackers |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 4 (1 crew, 3 hijackers) |
Injuries | 5 (1 flight attendant, 3 passengers, 1 hijacker) |
Survivors | 91 (All passengers, 4 crew, 1 hijacker) |