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thumb|The Cappenberg, a sister ship of the Lucona

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  • Destruction of the ship
  • Investigation
  • Murder trials and discovery of the shipwreck
  • Works about the ''Lucona'' case
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|The Cappenberg, a sister ship of the Lucona

MV Lucona was a cargo ship that sank in the Indian Ocean after a powerful time bomb hidden on board exploded. The blast on 23 January 1977 resulted in the death of six people. Six others survived. The motive was insurance fraud. The subsequent investigation, political scandals, discovery of the shipwreck and murder trials were a major controversy in Austria for nearly 15 years.

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