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.