Marseille hijack ends violently

Title

Marseille hijack ends violently

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:33

Description

Brian Ging reports on the conclusion to a 54 hour hijack of a French jet ending with the death of all the gunmen on board. Anti-terrorist police stormed the plane at Marseille Airport where it arrived early on Boxing Day. The French interior ministry says 16 hostages were injured in the assault while nine members of the police team were wounded. Includes reaction from Reuters correspondent, Paul Taylor; Gilles Janvier(?), French police chief; Charles Masters, Daily Telegraph journalist; terrorism expert, David Capitanchik.

Contributors

Paul Taylor; Brian Ging; David Capitanchik; Gilles(?) Janvier(?); Charles Masters

Keywords

Aircraft; Deaths; Airports; Terrorism; Police; France; Algeria; Marseille

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