Mogadischu

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 copilot to fly the plane to Somolia Once there counter terrorism measures quickly get underway as the passengers brace themselves for the worst