Freed Kuwait Airways hostage speaks

Title

Freed Kuwait Airways hostage speaks

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:57

Description

One of the hostages released before a hijacked jumbo jet took off from Larnaca Airport in Cyprus was Hilaw Fareed(?), a steward for Kuwait Airways. Reporter Nick Steens spoke to Mr Fareed in hospital after his eight-day ordeal, and asked him how he felt when the hijacking began on the flight from Thailand to Kuwait.

Contributors

Nick Steens; Hilaw Fareed(?)

Keywords

Terrorism; Homicide; Aeroplanes; Hostages; Cyprus; Kuwait; Thailand; Aircraft personnel; Larnaca Airport; Kuwait Airways

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