Talk:British Airways Flight 149

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Contents 1 Stop in Kuwait 1.1 Recent news articles 2 About reference 3 No Fatalities on this flight 4 Involving British Airways Flight 149 was a Boeing 747 hull loss

[edit] Stop in Kuwait

According to the wiki article the stop was scheduled. However the link to the BBC news article clearly says the stop was unscheduled.

I think it was scheduled, as I think BA used to fly LHR-KWI-MAA-KUL around that time. What is the source for the timing, though? I mean the fact if the aircraft landed before or after the invasion began, since I've been reading contradicting sources. FlyerBoy

The court actions could not have been succesful (presumably) if the flight had landed before the occupation, but I don't understand why 1. Air Traffic control at Kuwait would let it land 2. BA surely would not want to land there if Kuwait was invaded (could have diverted to Bahrain or Doha) 3. Why would the captain of the aircraft go along with a plan is is the captain's decision to land the plane in a certain place

Iamorgan 19:35, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent news articles

There was an article in one of the UK Sunday Papers over the weekend about this incident, the BBC have this page up:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6053948.stm

[edit] About reference

Discovery Channel has a show about British Airways Flight 149,they interview a agent in that flight.Can we use it as a reference?--Oriontw 06:14, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No Fatalities on this flight

No one on board the flight was killed. Also technically the flight was terminated in Kuwait thus canceling the remainder of flight. With that said all the passengers were no longer on the flight or involved with its operations.

1 person would die that was on the flight (the Kuwaiti security director), but his destination was Kuwait, which was achieved. He departed the plane and entered the city to deal with the Iraqi invasion and later was executed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.27.116 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 30 November 2007

[edit] Involving British Airways Flight 149 was a Boeing 747 hull loss

The aircraft, registered as G-AWND, was first delivered in 1971 and the assigned flight as Flight 149 from London to Kuala Lumpur with 385 people on board, it made a stop in Kuwait before refuelling hours after the Gulf War began, All passengers and crew were taken hostage by Iraqis on the time of the loss. The aircraft had wrecked on following day, August 2, 1990. - 10:57, January 5, 2008 (UTC)