Just a few hours later, British Airways Flight 149 landed in Kuwait City. It was the start of a horrific ordeal for the passengers and crew who became Saddam’s human shields. Last week ...

More than 300 people on board British Airways Flight 149 were detained by Saddam Hussein's forces at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of August 2, 1990. They were then used as ...

They were on board British Airways Flight 149 which landed at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of August 2 1990, as Iraqi armed forces were invading. More than 300 people on board ...

British Airways passengers and crew taken hostage in Kuwait are threatening to take legal action against the UK Government and the airline, after being “treated as disposable collateral ...

Hostages from a British Airways flight that refueled in Kuwait ... The passengers and crew members of BA flight 149 were hauled off the plane when it landed in Kuwait just hours after Saddam ...

They were on board British Airways Flight 149 which landed at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of August 2 1990, as Iraqi armed forces were invading. More than 300 people on board ...