Introducing: The Secret History of Flight 149

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This is not your regularly scheduled content, but instead a new podcast we think you’ll love. From Crowd Network, this is The Secret History of Flight 149. When Flight 149 departed London Heathrow on 1 August 1990, the passengers and crew had no idea of the trauma that lay ahead. A routine stopover in Kuwait turned into a hostage crisis. Hear from the hostages themselves as they recall the horrifying realisation that their holiday had taken a very dark turn. Journalist Stephen Davis delves into what's been dubbed one of the biggest cover ups in modern history. Episode one of nine. To listen to the rest of the series, search ‘The Secret History of Flight 149’ in your podcast app.

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0:00.0	Hello, it is Tom here from Crowd Network and this is a podcast we think you'll like.
0:05.6	It's called the secret history of Flight 149.
0:08.5	Now, imagine boarding a flight thinking you're going on holiday,
0:12.1	but instead you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein.
0:15.7	This really happened to the passengers and crew of British Airways Flight 149.
0:21.3	What followed has been dubbed the most shocking government cover-up of the last 30 years.
0:27.3	And now there's a podcast about it.
0:29.4	What I'm about to play you is episode one.
0:32.0	The whole series is out now and to hear it, you should go and search for the secret history of flight 149 in your podcast app.
0:39.3	We think you'll find it fascinating.
0:42.6	This is a crowd podcast.
0:52.0	That was when I saw what I recognized as a fighter bomber,
0:56.1	and it was dropping bombs in slow motion as it happened.
1:01.0	It's just the way that it looked at the time.
1:03.8	And that was a sort of WTF moment, really.
1:08.3	And then it clicks in your brain, oh fuck, they're bombing the airport.
1:15.5	After their overnight invasion, Iraqi troops and tanks are tightening their grip on Kuwait.
1:23.0	There was this screeching noise, and it was so strong.
1:28.6	It felt like a rocket.
1:30.2	Iraqi troops crossed the border during the night,
1:32.7	and by breakfast time they'd seize key installations like the airport and radio stations.
1:38.1	That was really the moment where you realised,
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