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The Lufthansa heist was a robbery which took place at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 11, 1978. An estimated US$ 5.875 million (equivalent to US$27.6 million in 2023) was stolen, with $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewelry, making it the largest cash robbery committed on American soil at the time.
- The Lufthansa Heist
Storyline. The book is about the 1978 robbery of the...
- The Lufthansa Heist
20 gen 2023 · On December 11, 1978, six masked, armed men burst into the Lufthansa Airlines cargo terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport during a graveyard shift and robbed $5.8 million...
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The Lufthansa Heist. Robert's Lounge. Categories: American Mafia events. John F. Kennedy International Airport. Murder in New York (state) 1978 crimes. Robberies in the United States. 1978 in New York City. December 1978 events. Hidden category: Wikipedia categories named after kidnappings and hostage incidents.
James Burke (July 5, 1931 – April 13, 1996), also known as "Jimmy the Gent", was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time.
Nella cultura popolare almeno 2 pellicole hanno narrato le vicende criminali del colpo alla Lufthansa: The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (1991) e The Big Heist (2001), oltre ad essere una delle storyline del celebre film gangster Quei bravi ragazzi (1990) di Martin Scorsese.
On 11 December 1978, Lufthansa was the victim of a major heist (robbery) at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Lufthansa heist led to Lufthansa losing about US$5 million. On 12 September 1979, a hijacking attempt occurred on board a Lufthansa Boeing 727 on a flight from Frankfurt to Cologne, but the perpetrator quickly ...
