Official trailer released for Sky Original feature documentary, Flight 149: Hostage of War, airing 11 June on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW

WEBWIRE – Friday, May 30, 2025

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SYNOPSIS: Flight 149: Hostage of War recounts one of the most extraordinary – and until recently, officially denied – chapters of the Gulf War. 

On August 2, 1990, just after Saddams forces storm Kuwait, a civilian flight unwittingly touches down in the middle of the warzone. The passengers and crew find themselves trapped, held as hostages by Saddam Hussein, becoming pawns in a rapidly escalating international crisis that will reshape the Middle East.

For over three decades, the British government denied any prior knowledge of the invasion before the planes ill-fated landing. Now, new information has come to light to challenge the official narrative and the surviving hostages are taking the British government and BA to court to seek justice and the truth.

Featuring powerful firsthand testimonies from the key players, including the surviving hostages, Kuwaiti resistance fighters, investigative journalist Stephen Davis, and political insiders, Flight 149: Hostage of War is an unflinching exploration of a geopolitical scandal, decades in the making.

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