Lufthansa Flight 181

Lufthansa Flight 181 was a Boeing 737-230 Adv aircraft denominated Landshut, hijacked on 13 October 1977 by 4 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (who called themselves Commando Martyr Halime). On 18 October 18, the aircraft was stormed by the West German counter-terrorism group GSG 9 in Mogadishu, Somalia and all 86 passengers rescued. The rescue operation was codenamed Feuerzauber (German term for "Fire Magic"). The objective of the Lufthansa hijacking was to secure the release of imprisoned Red Army Faction leaders and is considered to be part of the German Autumn.

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