The hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649 marked the first such event in the history of the airline and the beginning of a series of Palestinian acts of violence involving West Germany during 1972 , most notably the hostage crisis during the Munich Summer Olympics and the subsequent hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 . Israel claimed that by complying with the demands of the attackers in all of those events , the West German government had " surrendered to terrorism " . This accusation , combined with allegations of appeasement efforts towards the Arab – Israeli conflict , were debunked in 1977 when Lufthansa Flight 181 ( the '' Landshut '' ) was stormed by special forces of '' GSG 9 '' , rather than negotiating with the Palestinian hijackers
Lufthansa Flight 181
Lufthansa Flight 181
Lufthansa Flight 649