Kuwait hostages threaten Government and British Airways with legal action
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More than 300 people on board British Airways Flight 149 were detained by Iraqi troops on August 2 1990.
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”, according to a law firm.