The film offers evidence supporting the allegation that the rescue operation was poorly planned and executed ; for instance , the German police aboard the getaway aeroplane voted to abandon their mission without consulting the central command , while the snipers were not prepared and were poorly positioned . The film implies that had the German government prepared better , the athletes might have been saved . Former Mossad Director Zvi Zamir , who was present at the airport during the final gunfight , is interviewed about his views on the failed rescue ( he had previously been interviewed on this subject in an NBC profile of the Munich massacre broadcast during the Barcelona Olympics ) . At the end of the section , graphic photographs of the dead Israelis and Palestinians are shown in a photo-montage set to the Deep Purple song " Child in Time " . The film also alleges that the 29 October hijacking of a Lufthansa jet and the subsequent release of the three surviving Black September members in exchange for the hostages was a set-up by the German government , who did not want their failings to be made obvious in the trial
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Lufthansa Flight 615
One Day in September