Stansted hijacking court case

Title

Stansted hijacking court case

Genre

News report; Press conference; Special

TX Date

18 Sep 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:04:42

Description

Tim Crook reports on the trial of 5 Tanzanians- Moussa Membar, Mohammed Ali Abdallah, Mohammed Tahir Ahmed, Yassin Membar, Abdallah Ali Abdallah (members of the Tanzanian Youth Democracy Movement) in London, charged with hijacking of an Air Tanzania Boeing 737. The plane was taken to Nairobi, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Athens, finally landing at Stansted near London. Includes archive recording of contact between police and hijackers; archive report by Kim Sabido on end of hijack; press statement by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Kim Sabido; Tim Crook

Keywords

London; Airports; Terrorism; Terrorists; Tanzania; Aeroplanes; Trials; Stansted Airport; Essex; Civil aircraft; Air Tanzania; Moussa Membar; Mohammed Ali Abdallah; Mohammed Tahir Ahmed; Yassin Membar; Abdallah Ali Abdallah; Tanzanian Youth Democracy Movement

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