TWA Flight 847 hijack

Title

TWA Flight 847 hijack

Genre

News report

TX Date

Jun 1985

Year of production

1985

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:02:47

Description

David Xenion(?) reports from Beirut about the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85 following claims by Nabih Berri, leader of Lebanon’s Shi’a Amal movement, that the hostages had left the plane. Reporter in studio not identified (poss. Robbie Vincent).

Contributors

David Xenion(?)

Keywords

USA; Terrorism; Terrorists; Airlines; Aeroplanes; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; TWA; Civil aircraft; Abduction; Nabih Berri

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.