On 13 October 1977 four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 on a flight from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt , their leader demanding the release of the eleven RAF prisoners detained at Stammheim . The aircraft was eventually flown to Mogadishu , Somalia , where it arrived in the early hours of 17 October . The passengers of the Boeing 737 were freed in an assault carried out by German GSG 9 special forces in the early hours of 18 October 1977 which saw the death of three of the militants
Lufthansa Flight 181
Lufthansa Flight 181
Andreas Baader