TWA Flight 847 hijack - Reagan response
- Title
- TWA Flight 847 hijack - Reagan response
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
- TX Date
- Jun 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:01:57
- Description
- Press interview with US President Ronald Reagan on the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85. He is asked whether he thinks Israel should release their Shiite prisoners as demanded by the hijackers.
- Contributors
- Ronald Reagan
- Keywords
- USA; Israel; Political prisoners; Terrorism; Terrorists; Airlines; Aeroplanes; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; TWA; Civil aircraft; Abduction
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LBC/IRN, "TWA Flight 847 hijack - Reagan response". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008700112005 (Accessed 18 May 2025)