LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1978)
The hijacked Tu-134 at Tempelhof on 30 August 1978, shortly after the hijacking. | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 August 1978 |
| Summary | Hijacking |
| Site | Hijacker forced the aircraft to land at U.S. Air Force base at Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134 |
| Operator | LOT Polish Airlines |
| Registration | SP-LGC |
| Flight origin | Gdańsk Airport |
| Destination | Schönefeld Airport |
| Passengers | 62 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 69 |
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 was a LOT Polish Airlines flight that was hijacked on 30 August 1978. The hijackers from East Germany (GDR) were seeking political asylum in West Germany (FRG). The plane landed safely, and the primary hijacker was tried and convicted by a West German jury in the United States Court for Berlin and sentenced to time served, the nine months he had already served during pretrial detention. This was the only case heard before the United States Court for Berlin.