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Lufthansa Flight 181 was a Boeing 737–230 Adv aircraft 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. On 18 October, 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 hijacking is considered to be part of the German Autumn. ==Lufthansa crew== Two flight crew and three cabin crew operated the round-trip flight from Frankfurt to Palma de Mallorca: ; (37) : ''Captain'' – born Colditz 1940, a former Luftwaffe Lockheed F-104 Starfighter pilot. On 16 October at Aden Airport, after being permitted to leave the aircraft to check the plane's airworthiness, he went to talk to authorities. He subsequently returned and was then murdered by terrorist leader Akache. Posthumously awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit 1st class. Survived by his wife and two sons. The building housing the Lufthansa Pilot School in Bremen was named in his honour as was a street in the Bavarian city of Landshut. Buried in Babenhausen in Hesse. ; (35) : ''Co-Pilot'' – born Kassel 1942, a former German Navy pilot. Piloted the ''Landshut'' from Aden to Mogadishu. Returned to work just six weeks after the hijacking and the first aircraft he was assigned to was the ''Landshut'' which had already been returned to service. He retired in 1999. He was also awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class. He subsequently returned the medal in December 2008 in protest over the release on probation of former Red Army Faction terrorist Christian Klar who had been involved in the kidnap and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer in 1977. ; Hannelore Piegler (33) : ''Chief Stewardess''. ; Anna-Maria Staringer (28) : ''Stewardess''. ; Gabriele Dillmann (23) : ''Stewardess''. Christened "the angel of Mogadishu" by the German press. Also awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit. Subsequently married Lufthansa pilot Rüdeger von Lutzau. As Gabriele von Lutzau, she has acquired an international reputation as a sculptor (principally figures in beechwood) and has exhibited in numerous exhibitions in Germany and throughout Europe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lufthansa Flight 181」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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