Mogadischu / 2008

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of the German Red Army Faction seize control of the flight, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt refuses to negotiate. Meanwhile, terrorist leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud" grows increasingly agitated, and the Yemeni government refuses to let the plane land on their soil. After Captain Schumann (Thomas Kretschmann) makes an emergency landing in the sand, he is brutally executed in front of the passengers by "Captain Martyr Mahmud" (Said Taghmaoui), who then forces the co-pilot to fly the plane to Somolia. Once there, counter terrorism measures quickly get underway as the passengers brace themselves for the worst.

Mogadischu / 2008

In the flying coffin - The day of decision in Mogadishu, on 17/10/1977 / 2012

The ARD Middle-East correspondent Kurt Stenzel was already in Mogadishu ahead of the "Landshut." He was the only television reporter to have experienced the last twenty hours up to the raid of the plane. The film roles he brought to Germany the next day were kept and were technically reprocessed in this film by Ingo Helm.