BA flight 149

UK apology over Gulf War ‘human shields’ flight

Passengers on BA flight 149 were taken off the Kuala Lumpur-bound plane when it landed in the Gulf state on Aug. 2, 1990, following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
Some of the 367 passengers and crew spent more than four months in captivity, including as human shields at the hands of the Iraqi dictator

By AFP · 23 November 2021