Cyprus hostage situation

Title

Cyprus hostage situation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Unidentified male speaker on a hostage situation in which eleven people are being held captive by two men on a Cypriot jet thought to be flying to Beirut. Male interviewer not identified. (Possibly relating to an incident in 10/77 where eleven beauty pageant contestants were hijacked - see Times (14/10/77), p. 1).

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Terrorism; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; Cyprus; Aviation

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