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Sioux City plane crash (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Woodley reports on the aftermath of the plane crash, flight 232, in Sioux City, Iowa. Soldiers are searching for the remains of passengers and technical experts trying to discover exactly what led up to...

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Shot down pilot rescued from Bosnia (1995)

Genre

Press conference

The commander of NATO troops in Bosnia, Admiral Leighton Smith gives a press conference in London on the operation to rescue an American pilot from Serbian-held territory in Bosnia. Captain Scott O’Grady...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Faro Airport DC10 plane crash (1992)

Genre

News report; Interview

A Dutch DC10 plane has crashed at Faro Airport in Portugal exploding in flames during appalling weather conditions, with the death toll currently at 54 and many others burned. The report includes eyewitness...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Korean Airlines atrocity and arms control proposal (1983)

Genre

News report; Speech; Interview

Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s new arms control proposal to the USSR to be unveiled at the UN General Assembly, with excerpt from radio broadcast to US and Soviet people by Reagan on the proposal...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mysterious shooting and plane crash (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Woodley reports on the investigation into the lawyer, Thomas Root, who crashed his plane in America when he lost consciousness because of a gunshot wound and has been connected to fraud claims with the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Iranian media coverage of failed US hostage rescue attempt (1980)

Genre

News report

Roger Cooper reports on the failed attempt to rescue US Embassy staff being held hostage in Tehran. Iranian officials initially disbelieved reports of the mission, claiming it was impossible for American...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fresh alerts on cassette bombs sent to airports (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Elena Curti reports on the Department of Transport’s fresh alert to airports and airlines about the danger of radio cassette bombs, and the intensifying pressure on Transport Secretary Paul Channon to give...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

After eight Sunday (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Vox pop; Special

This edition of After Eight Sunday presented by Mike Hopwood looks into the church community within Heathrow Airport and religious facilities there. Speaks to: Alan Dowdy, Anglican chaplain at Heathrow who...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory Report: Happy Landings: aircraft landing systems - 21 Apr [1975-1986]

Report on new rival automatic landing systems for aircraft developed by Britain and America and the decision to be taken in Montreal by the International Civil Aviation Authority on which should be adopted...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Rosie’s Run Ashore: interviews with officers of ships open to the public on Portsmouth Navy days, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday (1978)

ROSIE’S RUN ASHORE [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] Transmission on Radio Victory on Wednesday 23 August 1978 at 21.45hrs which comprises of interviews with officers of ships open to the public on Portsmouth...

ILR South Radio Online Audio