Kuwaiti hijacking

Title

Kuwaiti hijacking

Genre

News report

TX Date

15 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:36

Description

John Cookson reports on the 10th day of a hijack of a Kuwaiti Airlines 747, now at Algiers in Algeria. An elderly Kuwaiti hostage, Abdullah Al-Chatti, was released today. Includes recording of conversation between control tower and hijackers on whether they want Pepsi or Coca Cola delivered to the plane.

Contributors

John Cookson

Keywords

Terrorism; Aeroplanes; Hostages; Civil aircraft; Kuwait; Algeria; Kuwait Airlines; Algiers; Abdullah Al-Chatti

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