German plane hijacking

Title

German plane hijacking

Genre

Speech

TX Date

17 Oct 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

Speech by UK Foreign Secretary David Owen on the British government’s co-operation with West Germany over the hijack of a Lufthansa plane from Palma de Mallorca with hijackers demanding release of political prisoners.

Contributors

David Owen

Keywords

Political prisoners; Terrorism; UK; Great Britain; Aeroplanes; Hostages; Somalia; Lufthansa; Magadishu; Germany FR

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