TWA Flight 847 hijack -US reaction to hostage press conference

Title

TWA Flight 847 hijack -US reaction to hostage press conference

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Special

TX Date

21 Jun 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:02

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on reaction in the United States to a news conference at Beirut Airport featuring hostages being held in Beirut from TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85. Includes press statement by White House spokeman, Larry Speakes; comment by Hodding Carter III, journalist and former press secretary during the Iran hostage crisis. Also recording from the burial of US Navy diver Robert Stethem, shot by the terrorists.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Larry Speakes; Hodding Carter III

Keywords

USA; Terrorism; Terrorists; Military affairs; Homicide; Airlines; Aeroplanes; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; TWA; Civil aircraft; Abduction; Burials; Robert Stethem

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