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== Accidents and incidents ==
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving Lufthansa mainline aircraft since 1956. For earlier occurrences, refer to [[Hestnutan Accident|Deutsche Luft Hansa]]. For accidents and incidents on Lufthansa-branded flights which were operated by other airlines, see the respective articles ([[Lufthansa CityLine#Accidents and incidents|Lufthansa CityLine]], [[Lufthansa Cargo#Accidents and incidents|Lufthansa Cargo]], [[Lufthansa Flight 288|Contact Air]], [[Germanwings#Incidents and accidents|Germanwings]], and [[Air Dolomiti#Accidents and incidents|Air Dolomiti]]).

=== Fatal ===
* On 11 January 1959, [[Lufthansa Flight 502]], a Lufthansa [[Lockheed Super Constellation]] ([[aircraft registration|registered]] D-ALAK) crashed onto a beach shortly off [[Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport|Galeão Airport]] in Rio de Janeiro following a scheduled passenger flight from [[Hamburg]], Germany. Of the 29 passengers and 10 crew members on board, only the co-pilot and 2 flight attendants survived. The investigation into the accident resulted in blaming the pilots for having executed a too low approach, which may have been caused by fatigue.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590111-0 Lufthansa 1959 crash at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625013734/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590111-0 |date=25 June 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 4 December 1961, a Lufthansa [[Boeing 720]] (registered D-ABOK) crashed of unknown causes near [[Mainz]] during a training flight from Frankfurt to Cologne, killing the three occupants. It was the first crash involving an aircraft of that type.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611204-0 Lufthansa 1961 accidents at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021073556/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611204-0 |date=21 October 2013 }}. Aviation-safety.net (4 December 1961). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 15 July 1964, another Boeing 720 (registered D-ABOP) crashed during a training flight, with the three people, including [[Werner Baake]], on board losing their lives (in what was only the second crash for this aircraft type). The accident occurred near [[Ansbach]] after the pilots had lost control of the aircraft when executing an [[aileron roll]].
* On 28 January 1966 at 17:50 local time, [[Lufthansa Flight 005]] from Frankfurt to [[Bremen]], which was operated using a [[Convair CV-240 family|Convair CV-440 Metropolitan]] registered D-ACAT, crashed {{convert|0.5|km}} short of [[Bremen Airport]], killing all 42 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The pilots had tried to execute a [[go-around]] when approaching the airport, during which the aircraft [[Stall (flight)|stalled]] and went out of control, possibly due to pilot error.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660128-0 Lufthansa Flight 5 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023013211/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660128-0 |date=23 October 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (28 January 1966). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* [[File:19700712 LH Jumbo GFAu46kl15.jpg|thumb|D-ABYB, the aircraft that was destroyed in the Flight 540 accident, was the second of three [[Boeing 747-100]]s delivered to Lufthansa.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} It is seen here during a promotional event at [[Nuremberg Airport]] in 1970.]] On 20 November 1974 at 07:54 local time, [[Lufthansa Flight 540]], a [[Boeing 747]]-100 (registered D-ABYB), lost power and crashed shortly after take-off at [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport]] in what was the first air accident involving a Boeing 747. 55 out of the 140 passengers and 4 out of the 17 crew lost their lives, making it the worst accident in the history of the airline.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741120-0 Flight 540 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318000234/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741120-0 |date=18 March 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 26 July 1979 at 21:32 [[Universal Time Coordinated|UTC]], a cargo-configured [[Boeing 707]] (registered D-ABUY) that was en route [[Lufthansa Flight 527]] from [[Rio de Janeiro]] to [[Dakar]] and onwards to Germany [[Controlled flight into terrain|crashed into a mountain]] {{convert|25|km}} from [[Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport|Galeão Airport]] during initial climb, killing the three crew members on board. A flawed communication between the pilots and the air traffic controller had resulted in the aircraft flying on a wrong path.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790726-1 Flight 527 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719090226/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790726-1 |date=19 July 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* In January 1984, a woman was found dead in a suitcase which was lying on an [[LAX]] baggage carousel for a while. The suitcase had arrived on a Lufthansa flight. The woman was later discovered to have been an Iranian citizen who had recently married another Iranian with [[Green card]] status. She had been denied a US visa in West Germany and therefore decided to enter the US like this.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Patt |last2=Heffernan |first2=Nancy |date=12 January 1985 |title=Iranian's Suicide Solves Suitcase Mystery : Husband Joins Smuggled Bride in Death |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-12-mn-9507-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230161233/https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa-premium-economy-seat/ |archive-date=30 December 2021 |access-date=11 November 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
* On 14 September 1993, [[Lufthansa Flight 2904]], an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-200]] (registered D-AIPN) flying from Frankfurt to [[Warsaw]] with 64 passengers and 4 crew members on board, overran the runway upon landing at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw-Okecie Airport]], and crashed into an earth embankment, resulting in the death of the [[co-pilot]] and one passenger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/Warsaw/warsaw-report.html|title=A320-211 Warsaw Accident Report|website=www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=16 August 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816002218/http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/Warsaw/warsaw-report.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930914-2 Flight 2904 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319023827/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930914-2 |date=19 March 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net (14 September 1993). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 28 May 1999, [[Bundesgrenzschutz|German border police]] suffocated [[Aamir Ageeb]] to death, whom they were escorting aboard Lufthansa Flight 588 from Frankfurt to Cairo. During takeoff, the officers restrained and pinned down Ageeb, a Sudanese man deported from Germany after being rejected for asylum.<ref name="Tod">{{cite news |last=Mesovic |first=Bernd |date=28 May 2019 |title=Tod bei Abschiebung |trans-title=Death upon Deportation |url=https://taz.de/Tod-bei-Abschiebung/!5598683/ |url-status=unfit |work=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528151212/https://taz.de/Tod-bei-Abschiebung/!5598683/ |archive-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> The aircraft made an emergency landing in Munich. The incident led to the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community|German interior ministry]] suspending its policy of forcible air deportation, and contributed to protests over Lufthansa's role in transporting deported asylum seekers.<ref name="Asylum-activists">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/30/kateconnolly |title=Frankfurt airport shuts out asylum activists |first=Kate |last=Connolly |work=The Guardian |date=29 July 2001 |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508082343/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/30/kateconnolly |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/31/iantraynor |title=Germany halts air expulsions |first=Ian |last=Traynor |work=The Guardian |date=30 May 1999 |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508082342/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/31/iantraynor |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Non-fatal ===
* On 20 December 1973 at 00:33 local time, a Lufthansa [[Boeing 707]] (registered D-ABOT) with 98 passengers and 11 crew members on board collided with a [[Marker beacon|middle marker]] shack upon approaching [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Palam Airport]] in [[Delhi]] following a scheduled passenger flight from [[Bangkok]] (as part of a multi-leg flight back to Germany). There were no injuries, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Visibility was poor at the time of the accident.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731220-0 1973 incident at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903182608/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731220-0 |date=3 September 2014 }}. Aviation-safety.net (20 December 1973). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 18 October 1983, a Boeing 747-200 freighter ran off the runway at [[Kai Tak Airport|Kai Tak airport]] in [[Hong Kong]] and got bogged in the grass after an engine failure during take-off.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19831018-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-230F D-ABYU Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG)|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=10 June 2011|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023194734/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19831018-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 11 June 2018, one of the airline's Airbus A340-300s, registered as D-AIFA, was being towed to its departure gate at Frankfurt Airport when the towing vehicle caught fire. Despite the quick action of the airport fire brigade, the aircraft suffered substantial fire and smoke damage to the nose and flight deck. Six people were treated for smoke inhalation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mutzabaugh |first=Ben |date=11 June 2018 |title=Lufthansa Airbus A340 damaged by fire from Frankfurt Airport truck |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2018/06/11/airbus-340-damaged-fire-frankfurt-airport-truck/690426002/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513214940/https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airbus-a340-von-lufthansa-durch-brand-eingerusst |archive-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* On 1 March 2023, Lufthansa Flight 469, an [[Airbus A330#A330-300|Airbus A330-343]] flying from [[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport|Austin]], Texas to Frankfurt experienced sudden [[clear-air turbulence]] while over Tennessee, resulting in the flight being diverted to [[Dulles International Airport]] and seven passengers hospitalized after landing.<ref>{{cite news |title=7 in hospital as turbulence forces Lufthansa plane to divert to Dulles |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/01/lufthansa-turbulence-lh469-dulles-aiport/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329142930/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/01/lufthansa-turbulence-lh469-dulles-aiport/ |archive-date=29 March 2023 |url-status=live |last1=Aratani |first1=Lori |last2=Pannett |first2=Rachel |access-date=12 March 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lufthansa-flight-diverted-turbulence/index.html | title=Lufthansa flight diverts to Virginia after 'significant turbulence,' and 7 people are transported to hospitals | website=[[CNN]] | date=2 March 2023 | access-date=12 March 2023 | archive-date=12 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312213901/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lufthansa-flight-diverted-turbulence/index.html | url-status=live }}</ref> There were no fatalities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Incident Airbus A330-343 D-AIKK, Wednesday 1 March 2023 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/308853 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>

=== Hijackings and criminal events ===
* In 1972, the year of the [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Summer Olympics]], there were four reported hijackings involving Lufthansa aircraft:
** On 22 February, [[Lufthansa Flight 649|Flight 649]], a [[Boeing 747-200]] (registered D-ABYD) with 172 passengers and 15 crew members on board was hijacked en route from [[New Delhi]] to [[Athens]] (as part of a multi-leg flight from [[Tokyo]] to Frankfurt) by five [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] terrorists who then pressed for a $5 million ransom from the German government. The aircraft landed at [[Aden International Airport]], and the hostages were released on the following day once the demands of the perpetrators were accepted.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720222-1 February 1972 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114061345/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720222-1 |date=14 January 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref><ref name=bbc>{{cite news |title=On This Day—23 February 1972: Hijackers surrender and free Lufthansa crew |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23/newsid_2518000/2518731.stm |url-status=live |access-date=29 August 2013 |publisher=BBC News |date=23 February 1972 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104211537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23/newsid_2518000/2518731.stm |archive-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
** On 10 July, a similar hijacking attempt occurred on board a Lufthansa [[Boeing 737-100]] during a flight from Cologne to [[Munich]].<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720710-1 July 1972 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110212720/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720710-1 |date=10 November 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (10 July 1972). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
** 11 October a [[Boeing 727]] was hijacked on a flight from [[Lisbon]] to Frankfurt. Upon landing at Frankfurt Airport, the perpetrator tried to flee but was captured by police forces.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721011-0 October 1972 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021041805/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721011-0 |date=21 October 2013 }}. Aviation-safety.net (11 October 1972). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
** On 29 October, two men hijacked [[Lufthansa Flight 615|Flight 615]] with 11 other passengers and 7 crew members on board during a flight from [[Beirut]] to [[Ankara]] (and onwards to Germany), in order to liberate the three surviving members of the [[Black September (group)|Black September]] group responsible for the [[Munich massacre]]. Whilst the hijacked [[Boeing 727]] (registered D-ABIG) was forced to circle over [[Zagreb Airport]] in danger of eventual [[fuel starvation]], the West German authorities decided to comply with the demands. The prisoners were handed over and the aircraft was allowed to be flown to [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], where the hostages were released.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721029-0 29 October 1972 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106220925/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721029-0 |date=6 November 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref><ref name="google8">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bassett |first=Donna |editor-last=Chalk |editor-first=Peter |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Terrorism |title=Lufthansa Hijacking (1972) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wwPNjSnxcYC&pg=PA439 |access-date=28 February 2013 |year=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |volume=2 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |isbn=978-0-313-30895-6 |pages=439–440 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129001759/https://books.google.com/books?id=-wwPNjSnxcYC&pg=PA439 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=faz>{{cite news |last=Sattar |first=Majid |date=9 November 2006 |title=Deutsche Geschichte(n): Folgen eines Anschlags |url=https://www.faz.net/themenarchiv/2.1198/deutsche-geschichte-n-folgen-eines-anschlags-1381601.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |access-date=26 July 2013 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210031900/https://www.faz.net/themenarchiv/2.1198/deutsche-geschichte-n-folgen-eines-anschlags-1381601.html |archive-date=10 December 2011}}</ref>
* On 17 December 1973, in the wake of the events surrounding [[Pan Am Flight 110]], a parked Lufthansa [[Boeing 737]]-100 (registered D-ABEY) was hijacked at [[Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport]] in Rome. 10 Italian hostages that had been taken by [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] terrorists at the airport were forced into the aircraft by 5 perpetrators, and the German crew (2 pilots and 2 flight attendants) that was on board preparing the departure to [[Munich]] had to fly the aircraft instead first to [[Athens]] and then to several other airports until the ordeal ended at [[Kuwait International Airport]] the next day, where the hijackers surrendered.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731217-0 1973 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618193810/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731217-0 |date=18 June 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shenker |first=Israel |author-link=Israel Shenker |date=19 December 1973 |title=Arab Hijackers Land in Kuwait; Hostages Freed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/19/archives/arab-hijackers-land-in-kuwait-hostages-freed-in-return-5-guerrillas.html |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216052107/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/19/archives/arab-hijackers-land-in-kuwait-hostages-freed-in-return-5-guerrillas.html |archive-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
* On 28 June 1977, a Lufthansa [[Boeing 727]] was hijacked during a flight from Frankfurt to [[Istanbul]] and forced to divert to [[Munich]].<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770628-0 June 1977 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109055347/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770628-0 |date=9 November 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (28 June 1977). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
* The [[Lufthansa Flight 181|hijacking of the Landshut]] occurred on 13 October 1977, at a time when West Germany had come under intense terroristic pressure known as [[German Autumn]]. The [[Boeing 737]]-200 (registered D-ABCE) was hijacked en route Flight 181 from [[Palma de Mallorca]] to Frankfurt by 4 terrorists of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]], who thus wanted to force the German government to release several [[Red Army Faction|RAF]] terrorists. The crew had to divert the aircraft with 87 other passengers first to Rome, and then onwards to [[Larnaca]], Bahrain, [[Dubai]], [[Aden]] (where the captain was killed when he returned to the aircraft after negotiations with the local authorities), and finally to [[Mogadishu]] in an ordeal that took several days. At [[Aden Adde International Airport|Mogadishu Airport]], the German [[GSG 9]] special forces stormed the aircraft in the early hours of 18 October local time, killing 3 terrorists and freeing all hostages.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=<!--Author name on p. 442 not visible in Google Books preview.--> |editor-last=Chalk |editor-first=Peter |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Terrorism |title=Lufthansa Hijacking (1977) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wwPNjSnxcYC&pg=PA440 |access-date=28 February 2013 |year=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |volume=2 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |isbn=978-0-313-30895-6 |pages=440–442 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411101240/https://books.google.com/books?id=-wwPNjSnxcYC&pg=PA440 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771013-0 Flight 181 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110213303/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771013-0 |date=10 November 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
*On 11 December 1978, Lufthansa was the victim of a major heist (robbery) at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]. The [[Lufthansa heist]] led to Lufthansa losing about US$5 million.
* On 12 September 1979, a hijacking attempt occurred on board a Lufthansa Boeing 727 on a flight from Frankfurt to Cologne, but the perpetrator quickly surrendered.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790912-2 1979 hijacking attempt at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021042206/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790912-2 |date=21 October 2013 }}. Aviation-safety.net (12 September 1979). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
* Three hijackings occurred in due course in early 1985:
** On 27 February, a Boeing 727 was hijacked en route a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to [[Damascus]]. Two perpetrators forced the pilots to divert the aircraft (with 35 other passengers on board) to [[Vienna International Airport]], where they surrendered.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850227-0 February 1985 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109081502/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850227-0 |date=9 November 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (27 February 1985). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
** On 27 March, another 727 was hijacked, this time on a flight from Munich to [[Athens]]. A man demanded the pilots to divert to [[Libya]]. During a fuel stop at [[Istanbul]], the aircraft was stormed and the perpetrator arrested.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850327-0 March 1985 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109061435/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850327-0 |date=9 November 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (27 March 1985). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
** Only two days later, a mentally ill person on board a Lufthansa [[Boeing 737]]-200 on a flight from [[Hamburg]] to London demanded to be taken to Hawaii instead.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850329-2 March 1985 hijacking attempt at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316002525/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850329-2 |date=16 March 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (29 March 1985). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2013}}
* On 11 February 1993, [[Lufthansa Flight 592]] from Frankfurt to [[Addis Ababa]] via [[Cairo]] with 94 passengers and 10 crew members was hijacked during the first leg by 20-year-old Nebiu Zewolde Demeke, who forced the pilots to divert the [[Airbus A310]] (registered D-AIDM) to the United States, with the intent of securing the [[right of asylum]] there. Demeke, who had been on the flight to be [[deportation|deported]] back to his native [[Ethiopia]], surrendered to authorities upon arrival at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in New York City. No passengers or crew members were harmed during the 12-hour ordeal.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930211-0 Flight 595 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918073142/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930211-0 |date=18 September 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>