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It’s crazy how many airplane hijackings were needed in order for a simple measure of locking the cockpit door during a flight to be implemented

12:50 "They did not believe the stun grenade was effective so i threw it at them" - fucking BASED

"The RAF- obviously not to be confused with the Royal air force - [...] carries out bombings"
I can see how someone might get confused

Airport security: “Is that six hand grenades in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”

He knew we needed a pallete cleanserr after the absolute shambolic repsonse in the munich video

To the memory of Captain Jurgen Schumann. He boarded back onto his aircraft in Yemen, when he could have simply run and left it all behind him, and guaranteeing himself certain survival. He did this despite knowing his time was coming to an end. That is true heroism.

all wearing the same che guevara shirts
you can't make this shit up

Great resolution of the cliffhanger from last time.

28:13 “Counter-terrorists win!”

Going from an absolute dog's breakfast, to a thing of clockwork precision. This is how you learn from your failures, folks!

Imagine what went through the head of the hostages and the operators when they saw the two grenades drop on the floor without the pins... talk about nightmares for years

Gaby Dillmann, the flight attendant under whose seat the grenades exploded, is a family friend of us. She became a renowned artist later in life.

Not gonna lie, the terrorist leader getting sprayed by MP5 in the end was quite satisfying.

4 minutes to download all passangers from an airliner is the greatest achievment in rescue history

It's "Feuerzauber", not "Fuerzerbaum", this means "Farttree", with no magic at all ;)

Perfect timing, right after posting the event that created GSG9, I was craving for more

Some anecdotes there:
- They promised the Somalis a "Joint Operation" after they originally insisted they could do it themselves, but were mad impressed by a demonstration. Stuff like a bonfire. Give them something to do. They also told them that "it's our plane, our hostages, our terrorists". They were a smidge miffed when they found it the terrorists were entirely from elsewhere, but it's not a problem money can't solve.
- Mamoud wasn't entirely on board with getting involved in German affairs, he wanted to fight for Palestine. Him getting more cranky by the minute might have been related to that.
One of the "doorkickers" fell off the ladder after clearing the entry. As that was his entire job, the operation continued unimpeded.

I'm very glad smell-o-vision isn't a thing, I wouldn't want to smell what it was like in that airliner...

As a german, your explanation for the abbreviation of "rote armee fraktion" really hits home. When i was younger i was often a bit confused, when someone was talking about the raf doing good out of nowhere as I first learned about the terrorist group lol