Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking

Title

Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:44

Description

Linda Duffin reports on the arab hijackers holding hostages on board a Kuwaiti Airlines jet hijacked in Iran, and following the release of the women captives. Includes Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher praising Kuwait’s refusal to meet the hijackers’ demands despite threats to members of their royal family on board; Junior Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, on not giving in to blackmail; Judith Silcock, on her daughter Sue being set free, and her concern for Sue’s friend Mark Appleby who is still being held captive.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Lynda Chalker; Linda Duffin; Judith Silcock

Keywords

Iran; Terrorism; Aeroplanes; Hostages; Royalty; Kuwaiti Airlines; Mark Abbleby; Sue Silcock; Nichola Appleby

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