TWA Flight 847 hijack -freed hostages speak to press

Title

TWA Flight 847 hijack -freed hostages speak to press

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Jun 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:53

Description

Press conference (in Frankfurt or Damascus?) featuring Allyn Conwell, spokesman for freed hostages on their way home to the USA following TWA Flight 847 hijacking by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85. To applause.

Contributors

Allyn Conwell

Keywords

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

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