A man who smashed his car through the gates of Hamburg Airport and parked his car on the tarmac with his 4-year-old daughter inside will stand trial for hostage-taking and other charges on Monday.
The Hamburg trial of the 35-year-old Turkish man takes place nearly six months after the bizarre incident in November that lasted 18 hours and disrupted air traffic for nearly a day.
The man allegedly kidnapped his daughter from her mother's flat in the nearby town of Stade and then drove to the airport. He broke through three security barriers with the car and then parked on the tarmac. From there, he called the police and ordered that a plane be made available to take him and his daughter to Turkey.
To emphasize his demand, he fired a semi-automatic pistol into the air several times and threw two burning Molotov cocktails out of the vehicle. He also allegedly wore a dummy explosive belt and threatened to detonate the explosives if the police intervened.
A custody dispute with the child's mother is said to have triggered the situation.
The man surrendered to officers after 18 hours. The crisis halted flights to and from Hamburg for about 20 hours.
He is charged with hostage-taking, kidnapping of a minor, intentional bodily harm and weapons offences.
The trial begins at the Hamburg Regional Court at 10 am (0800 GMT).