Austria - Hungary - Romania

Jul. 07, 1956 - Hungarian aircraft crew returns home. They were attacked by Anti-Communist Passengers. : A party of anti-communist passengers recently attacked and overpowered the crew of an Hungarian Civil Airliner and landed it at an American controlled airfield at Manching, near Ingolstadt, West Germany. The anti - Communists, sex men and a girl were students and have applied for asylum in Germany. The crew of the aircraft and the remainder of the passenger recently returned to Hungary. Photo shows Chief of the technical department of the textile factory at Zalsegarszeg, Karoly Komaromi who received injured in the aircraft battle gives a radio report of the incident when he arrived with the other members in Hungary

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Anti-communist Asylum Attacked Communists Controlled Incident Ingolstadt Karoly Landed Manching Overpowered Remainder Returned

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