Title
Mogadishu hostages land in Frankfurt/Main
Caption
Co-pilot Jürgen Vietor and the injured stewardess Gabi Dillmann leave the Lufthansa aircraft "Cologne" first on the 18th of October in 1977 in Frankfurt am Main. The Lufthansa aircraft "Landshut" with more than 80 travellers on board had been hijacked by terrorists five days ago during their flight back from Mallorca to Germany. After an odyssee via Rome, Cyprus, Dubai and Aden, the hostages were liberated by the German elite unit GSG-9 in Mogadishu/Somalia.
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Date
18 oct. 1977
Credit line
Photo12/dpa-pa
Reference
DPA13A03_044
License type
Droits gérés
Available size
11,6Mo (637,7Ko) / 14,6cm x 19,9cm / 1724 x 2348 (300dpi)