The Secret History of Flight 149

Shaun Attwoods True Crime Podcast

Shaun Attwood Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Imagine boarding a flight thinking you’re heading on holiday, but instead you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein. It might sound far-fetched, but in August 1990 this really happened to the passengers and crew of BA Flight 149. What followed has been dubbed the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years.

Journalist Stephen Davis has been reporting on this extraordinary story for the past three decades. In this series you’ll hear directly from the hostages - the people used as human shields by the Iraqi regime, with horrific and traumatic consequences. But why was the plane allowed to land at all, putting so many lives at risk? Why have secrets and lies persisted for so many years? Join Stephen in his search to uncover the truth behind The Secret History of Flight 149. From Crowd Network, the team behind American Vigilante

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0:00.0	Welcome back, too!
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0:27.2	for full details, see Aldea.co.uk forward slash what?
0:30.3	Imagine boarding a flight thinking you're going on a holiday.
0:34.0	But instead, you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein.
0:38.5	It might sound far-fetched, but in August 1990 this really happened to the passengers and crew
0:45.2	of BA Flight 149.
0:50.3	What followed has been dubbed the most shocking government cover-up of the last 30 years.
0:55.9	And now there's a new podcast about it.
0:58.8	What I'm about to play you is Episode 1.
1:02.3	Episode 2 is out now, and for that you should go and search for
1:06.9	the secret history of Flight 149 in your podcast app.
1:12.5	Journalist Stephen Davis has been reporting on this story for the past three decades.
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