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Sep. 09, 1970 - Rumanian Air Plane Hi-Jacked - forced to land at Munich Air-Port: Hungarians forced the pilot to land and asked for political asylum: Several armed Hungarians hi-jacked a Rumanian aeroplane to Munich on the evening of September 14th, 1970. The hi-jackers - three men and one woman who had two little kids with her - asked for politcal asylum at the Bavarian capital. the plane of the type BAC 1-11 had a total of 84 passengers and five crew-members on board and was flying from Bucarest to Pra after an intermediate landing at Budapest the Hungarians occupied the plane and forced the pilot to land at the Munich air-port Riem. The Boss of the air-pirate is 23-year-old television-technician Geza Karaczony. Beside him 25-year-old maschinist Janos Mamuszits and 29-year-old joiner Miklos Biro took part at the kidnapping. Biro was with his 24-year -old wife and his two children a boy of two and a boy of five.The Hungarians were disarmed and arrested by the police after landing of the plane without resistance. Photo shows The hi-jacked Rumanian aeroplane, with a policeman standing behind a cordon

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