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Leicester Mercury

June 11, 2025

FLIGHT 149: HOSTAGE OF WAR

JOLTING, rocking and explosions left the panicked passengers on a British Airways jet terrified before they became hostages.

The extraordinary story is told in this fascinating documentary about what happened when a civilian plane unwittingly touched down in the middle of a warzone 35 years ago in 1990.

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