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Jürgen Schumann
Jürgen Schumann (29 April 194016 October 1977) was a German commercial airline pilot and former German Air Force officer. He served as the flight captain of the Lufthansa plane ''Lufthansa Flight 181, Landshut'' during its Aircraft hijacking, hijacking on 13 October 1977. The hijacking was led by Zohair Yousif Akache, also known as Captain Mahmoud, a militant from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Schumann was murdered by Akache at Aden International Airport on the fourth day of the hijacking. Life In 1960, Schumann joined the Air Force of the ''Bundeswehr'' and began his flying career at Büchel Air Base in West Germany. In 1965, he was assigned to the Tactical Air Force Wing ''Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33, TaktLwG 33'', flying the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. After retiring as a ''Hauptmann'' (Officer) in 1968, he became a commercial airline pilot for Lufthansa. Schumann was the Captain of the Lufthansa plane ''Landshut'' (Lufthansa Flight 181) wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colditz
Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig (district), Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C prisoner-of-war camp, POW camp for officers in World War II. Geography Colditz is situated in the Leipzig Bay, southeast of the city of Leipzig. The town centre is located on the banks of Zwickau Mulde river, south of its confluence with the Freiberger Mulde, Freiberg Mulde. The municipality had a population of 8,374 in 2020. The town Colditz consists of Colditz proper and the ''Ortsteile'' (divisions) Bockwitz, Collmen, Commichau, Erlbach, Erlln, Hausdorf, Hohnbach, Kaltenborn, Koltzschen, Lastau, Leisenau, Maaschwitz, Meuselwitz, Möseln, Podelwitz, Raschütz, Schönbach, Sermuth, Skoplau, Tanndorf, Terpitzsch, Zollwitz, Zschadraß, Zschetzsch and Zschirla. History The first record of a burgward on the Mulde river, called ''Cholidistcha'', dates to the year 1046, when Emperor Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry III dedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
