Eccentric hijacking
- Title
- Eccentric hijacking
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1977
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- Duration
- 00:03:43
- Description
- Paul Woodley reports on the hijacking of an airliner by an eccentric Italian who served champagne to hostages and flew around Europe stopping to make demands, pick up his daughters and release hostages. John Calcott(?) reports from Geneva where police boarded the plane and arrested the hijacker after a shootout, the hostages escaping unharmed.
- Contributors
- Paul Woodley; John Calcott(?)
- Keywords
- Terrorism; Hostages; Civil aircraft
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LBC/IRN, "Eccentric hijacking". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005600091001 (Accessed 25 Apr 2025)