Event anniversary

Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181

Took place on October 13, 1977

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The 50th anniversary falls on October 13, 2027, in 353 days.

Lufthansa Flight 181, a Boeing 737-200 jet airliner (reg. D-ABCE) named Landshut, was hijacked on 13 October 1977 by four militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine while en route from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to Frankfurt am Main, West Germany.

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