German plane hijacking

Title

German plane hijacking

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Dec 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Bob Holness interviews John Man about his translation of Peter Koch and Kai Hermann’s book Assault at Mogadishu, on the hijacking of a Lufthansa plane, with the shooting of the captain Jurgen Schuman, and troops regaining control at Mogadishu. Terrorist group involved are now calling themselves Red Army Faction.

Contributors

Bob Holness; John Man

Keywords

Books; Authors; Terrorism; Red Army Faction; Aeroplanes; Somalia; Lufthansa; Jurgen Schuman; Mogadishu; Germany FR

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