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FLIGHT 149: HOSTAGE OF WAR

When Flight 149 landed in the middle of a warzone, the passengers and crew became human shields for Saddam Hussein. Thirty years later, the hostages are launching a legal case to discover the truth about why the plane landed in the first place.

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THIS SKY ORIGINAL FILM, PRODUCED BY DRUM STUDIOS, EXPLORES A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN BRITISH POLITICAL HISTORY. IN AUGUST 1990 SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADED KUWAIT, TRIGGERING A WAR THAT WOULD RESHAPE THE GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW ON FLIGHT 149, WHO LANDED IN THE WARZONE ON THE MORNING OF THE INVASION, BECOMING SADDAM’S HOSTAGES IN A RAPIDLY ESCALATING INTERNATIONAL CRISIS. FEATURING TESTIMONY FROM ALL SIDES OF THE STORY – INCLUDING THE HOSTAGES THEMSELVES, POLITICIANS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AND THE KUWAITI RESISTANCE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO HIDE THE HOSTAGES.

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“There are many surprising and untold stories within the varied and often harrowing experiences of the hostages and others involved in this crisis, and I have no doubt that Jenny and the team at Drum will do justice to their memories, in what promises to be a powerful and thought-provoking film.”

Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries and Factual at Sky UK

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