Passengers taken hostage in Kuwait accuse UK government of 'years of cover-up'

Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Passengers and British Airways (BA) crew members who were taken hostage after flying into Kuwait in 1990 are preparing to take legal action against the government - with a law firm claiming they were treated as "disposable collateral" during an "off-the-books military operation".

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On 2nd August 1990, British Airways flight 149 made a scheduled stop at Kuwait International Airport and its passengers and crew were taken hostage by Iraqi troops. Saddam Hussein’s forces had invaded Kuwait whilst the plane was in the air and the people on board were detained for up to five...

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