Gulf crisis- Westerners airlifted out

Title

Gulf crisis- Westerners airlifted out

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Sep 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:44

Description

Almost 100 women and children hostages have been released by Saddam Hussein and flown home from Amman in Jordan by Virgin Airlines. Virgin Chairman, Richard Branson, speaks at Gatwick Airport about the hostages ordeal, the men they have had to leave behind and the plight of hundreds of non-British refugees. Interviewer not heard. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Richard Branson

Keywords

Refugees; Hostages; Jordan; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Billboard (radio programme); Amman; Virgin

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