Breach of security at Heathrow Airport

Title

Breach of security at Heathrow Airport

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:27

Description

Tim Locke reports on airport security at Heathrow following Dr Jim Swire, the father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, carrying a fake semtex bomb through airport security (to demonstrate poor state of security). BA Chief Executive, Sir Colin Marshall and Transport Secretary, Cecil Parkinson comment.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson; Tim Locke; Colin Marshall

Keywords

Airports; Heathrow Airport; Terrorism; British Airways; Security; Security measures; Explosives; Security breaches; Disaster prevention; Lockerbie bombing (1988); Jim Swire

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