Overview

• Set to launch June 11 on Sky, ‘Flight 149: Hostage of War’ reconstructs how British Airways Flight 149 was seized by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War.
• Survivors allege they endured rape, mental abuse and mock executions during weeks of captivity under Saddam Hussein’s regime.
• The UK government admitted in 2021 it received warnings before the flight landed in invaded Kuwait after denying any prior intelligence for three decades.
• Former passengers and crew are suing the UK government and British Airways for “deliberately endangering them,” a claim British Airways describes as an “abuse of process.”
• Director Jenny Ash worked with hostages’ lawyers and McCue Jury & Partners to withhold key footage until it can be presented at trial.