num_pages: 80
description: In 1977 Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Mogadishu Somalia. Once landed members of the German special missions group GSG-9 stormed the plane killing three of the terrorists and wounding the fourth while successfully avoiding any major harm to the hostages. This book details the backgrounds of both GSG-9 and the hijackers and offers a detailed analysis of the planning and execution of the mission codenamed Operation Feuerzauber (Fire Magic) one of the most audacious special forces operations of modern times.
language: English
title: Storming Flight 181: GSG 9 and the Mogadishu Hijack 1977
publisher: Osprey Publishing