| Date: | Monday 17 December 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-130 |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-ABEY |
| MSN: | 19794/127 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI) -
 Kuwait
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF) |
| München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM) |
Five terrorist entered the Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) terminal and fired their weapons. They took six hostages and threw incendiary grenades into a PanAm Boeing 707 N407PA, named "Clipper Celestial", that was boarding passengers for a flight to Beirut. The terrorists killed a guard and hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 737. The hijackers ended up in Kuwait where they surrendered on December 18.
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