Initially, the perpetrators' plan was to go to Riem, which was the international airport near Munich at the time, but the negotiators convinced them that Fürstenfeldbruck would be more practical.
Inicialmente, os terroristas quixeron ir ó Riem, o aeroporto Internacional preto de Múnic, pero os negociadores convencéronlles de que Fürstenfeldbruck sería moito máis práctico.