Pakistani air marshal on ending plane hijack

Title

Pakistani air marshal on ending plane hijack

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

6 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:34

Description

Press conference with Air Marshal Kershid Anwar Mirza describing events at the end of the hijacking of a plane at Karachi, Pakistan, including lights going off accidentally inside the plane and commandos being too far away to help when the terrorists started shooting.

Contributors

Kershid Anwar Mirza

Keywords

Terrorism; Pakistan; Homicide; Aeroplanes; Special forces; Aviation; Karachi

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