Kuwaiti hijacking ends

Title

Kuwaiti hijacking ends

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:00:37

Description

John Cookson reports from Algiers on the end of the hijacking of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. All the hostages were freed, but there are unconfirmed reports that some, if not all the hijackers left the plane last night, and have been allowed to leave the country. Includes brief interview with freed hostage ? Khalid. Audio level low.

Contributors

John Cookson; ? Khalid

Keywords

Terrorism; Aeroplanes; Hostages; Civil aircraft; Kuwait; Algeria; Kuwait Airlines; Algiers

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.