DJ Phil Kennedy on wife taken hostage

Title

DJ Phil Kennedy on wife taken hostage

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Sep 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

A British Airways plane has been captured during a stopover in Kuwait City following the Iraqi invasion, and there are reports that passengers and possibly some crew members have been taken to Baghdad. DJ Phil Kennedy, whose stewardess wife Jackie is being held in a hotel in Kuwait city, on the splitting up of passengers and crew and the possibility that the captives are being held to prevent an air strike on Baghdad. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Phil Kennedy

Keywords

British Airways; Hostages; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Baghdad; Kuwait City

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