Possible ban on electrical items on airlines

Title

Possible ban on electrical items on airlines

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Nick Peters talks to Transport Secretary Paul Channon about the possibility of banning electrical items in which explosives can be easily hidden from being carried on airlines following the Lockerbie bomb being discovered to be within a radio cassette player. Also on the fatwa on author Salman Rushdie and threats against British Airways if it carries him.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Paul Channon

Keywords

Iran; Terrorism; British Airways; Airlines; Aeroplanes; Air safety; Civil aircraft; Salman Rushdie; Fatwa; Electrical machines

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