eceptive and returned to the Middle East. Haddad meanwhile had selected a new team to launch an attack in retaliation for the failed Entebbe raid. Carlos had hoped that Haddad may have changed his mind and select him to lead the attack but this was not to be. In place of Carlos, Haddad selected Souhalia Andrawes to lead the attack. On October 13, 1977, Andrawes and three accomplices hijacked a Lufthansa 737 bound for Somalia and held the eighty-six passengers and crew in exchange for the release of Palestinian and Baader-Meinhof guerrillas held in custody and a $15 million ransom. In the five days that followed, the planes captain was forced to fly to Italy, Cyprus, Bahrain, Dubai and South Yemen while the passengers sat strapped in their seats doused with flammable liquids. For the duration of the flight Andrawes strode up and down the aisle yelling abuse, brandishing live grenades, the pins of which she had strapped to her fingers. When the plane reached South Yemen, Mahmoud, one of Andrawes accomplices accused the pilot of attempting to orchestrate an escape. The pilot insisted that he had only been talking to Aden airport officials regarding the flight. Mahmoud then dragged the captain out in front of the passengers and after asking if him if he was guilty or not guilty shot him through the head. Andrawes, who witnessed the event, burst out laughing, after which the captain's body was left where it lay for some time until it was eventually thrown out onto the tarmac. The co-pilot was then ordered to fly to Mogadishu in Somalia. Shortly after the plane landed it was attacked by a West German GSG-9 commando unit. Using stun grenades supplied by the British SAS, the commandos stormed the plane and killed the terrorists with the exception of Andrawes who had been hiding in a toilet. When the commandos learned of her hiding place, they fired through the door wounding her in the shoulders and legs. As was c...
