RR7038 GUERRILLA HIJACKINGS DEADLINE AT DAWSON'S FIELD

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(23 Sep 1970) RR7038 GUERRILLA HIJACKINGS DEADLINE AT DAWSON'S FIELD
At 12.20 p.m. on Sunday 6th September 1970, a Boeing 707 of Trans World Airways, flying from Frankfurt to New York, was hijacked over Belgium and forced to fly to Jordan. Within the next four hours, three more attempts followed - two of them successful. Responsibility for them was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine which eventually assembled three airliners - together with passengers and crew - at a "Revolution Airstrip" in the desert north-east of Amman. A threat was issued that both planes and passengers would be blown up if the guerrillas' demands, which included the freeing of Palestinian prisoners, were not met. This report tells the story of the dramatic week which followed, culminating in the destruction of the three planes.
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@lesleymorgan01 3 ай бұрын

This is just extraordinary. On the one hand, the hijackers were friendly, hung out with the children, people weren't afraid, and yet one of the interviewees says she has no doubt that if the hijackers didn't get what they wanted, they knew they'd be blown up. Stockholm Syndrome? I'm currently reading (listening to) a book by someone who was 12 years old and on the TWA plane - it's called "My Hijacking." It's interesting on a number of levels. It's what brought me here to watch this video.

@markjessurun7765 11 ай бұрын

Very Nice Video Clip I really enjoyed this because at the time this was taking place I a little 2 young 2 understand what was going on in the World and in that part of the World where I was residing the NEWS NETWORK didn't cover these stories in such depth so THANKS a lot for the Video Clip !! 😊😊

@bernzcom 9 ай бұрын

I have never before seen such kind and caring abductors

@josephh891 8 ай бұрын

And now they have changed their tactics. From "kind and caring" to piggz that the whole world doesn't want.

@ginocavazos2153 8 ай бұрын

Yeah Later on they wouldn't be so Caring and Nice

@Liam_219 8 ай бұрын

3:00 its insane to me how this dude is straight up casually interviewing a terrorist who hijacked a commercial airliner its also funny to me how chill the terrorists were, and how the girl literally described them as pleasant

@karensworld9828 Ай бұрын

Terrorist spotted!

@lisaa8795 7 ай бұрын

Unreal. So what happened to the hijackers after their interview? Why were the passengers allowed to talk to the media seemingly so quickly? No wonder the next hijackers escalated their game shortly afterwards to murdering crew and passengers - the media is laughing at them almost openly here, at least that's how it seemed at the beginning of the post.