Sky Documentaries delves into an extraordinary chapter from the Gulf War that is as fascinating as it is horrifying in Flight 149: Hostage of War. The 367 passengers and crew of British Airways flight ...

Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 have launched legal action against the UK government and the airline, a law firm said Monday. People on BA ...

“On Aug. 2, 1990, just after Saddam [Hussein]’s forces storm Kuwait, a civilian flight unwittingly touches down in the middle of the war zone,” reads a synopsis for the doc. “The passengers and crew ...

EXCLUSIVE: The director of Sky’s Flight 149: Hostage of War about one of the darkest events of the Gulf War hopes the doc will help a group of former hostages win their legal case against the UK ...

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 BA flight ...

Sky Documentaries has announced the commission of documentary feature, Flight 149 (w/t). The Sky Original film, produced by Drum Studios, will explore a dramatic moment in British political history ...

August 1st 1990 was blisteringly hot. In Liverpool the entire stock at a chocolate factory melted, and at a castle in Essex a waxwork knight turned into a puddle. It was so warm that the tarmac at ...

When BA Flight 149 unwittingly landed in a warzone, its passengers and crew were taken hostage. Did the UK government allow it? And who were the mercenaries on board?