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World Service,15 Mar 1998,27 mins

East African Hijack, 1982

Negotiators

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Dr Raj Persaud finds out how negotiators handled Britain's first plane hostage situation when an Air Tanzania plane was hijacked and brought to Stansted Airport in 1982. NB: The audio for this programme ends abruptly.

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