Jim Swire calls for full investigation into transport security

Title

Jim Swire calls for full investigation into transport security

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:25

Description

Dr Jim Swire, the father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, speaks to James Matthews about airport security after smuggling a fake semtex bomb through Heathrow Airport to test security levels. Dr Swire has met Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson and is calling for a full-scale independent inquiry.

Contributors

James Matthews; Jim Swire

Keywords

Government; Airports; Heathrow Airport; Terrorism; British Airways; Security; Security measures; Cecil Parkinson; Cabinet ministers; Meetings; Explosives; Disaster prevention; Lockerbie bombing (1988); Jim Swire; Security beaches

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