Kuwaiti hijacking ends-pilot’s family interviewed

Title

Kuwaiti hijacking ends-pilot’s family interviewed

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:53

Description

Michael O’Neill reports from Kuwait, on the reaction to the end of the hijacking in Algiers, Algeria, of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. All the hostages, including the crew, were freed, but there reports that some, if not all the hijackers have been allowed to leave the country. Includes interviews with Sonia Youssef and Nora Youssef, wife and daughter of Iraqi pilot Subbhi Youssef, following his release.

Contributors

Michael O’Neill; Sonia Youssef; Nora Youssef

Keywords

Terrorism; Pilots; Aeroplanes; Hostages; Civil aircraft; Kuwait; Algeria; Kuwait Airlines; Algiers; Subbhi Youssef

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