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Hijacked: Flight 73

He's having his lunch." Without thinking, I just said, "300 people's lives are at stakeand...

He's having his lunch." Without thinking, I just said, "300 people's lives are at stake
and he's having his lunch?"

Full Transcript

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He's having his lunch."
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Without thinking, I just said,
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"300 people's lives are at stake and he's having his lunch?"
Duration
10 seconds
Views
67
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:03
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama
Production
Blast! Films,Sky Original Productions

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Movie Summary

The 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi is a tale of terror, tragedy, and bravery, largely due to the actions of a group of flight attendants and a Pan Am employee who risked his life in negotiations.
Right in the tail of the aeroplane is the aircraft power unit. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:07
Right in the tail of the aeroplane is the aircraft power uni...
And that unit supplies electrical power - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:11
And that unit supplies electrical power
The APU is designed to run for maybe two hours, three hours. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:07
The APU is designed to run for maybe two hours, three hours.
It's not designed to run for 15 hours or 16 hours. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:06
It's not designed to run for 15 hours or 16 hours.
If the APU fails, - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:11
If the APU fails,
I said, "We need to have a ground power unit connected - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:16
I said, "We need to have a ground power unit connected
And I have this late piece of copy that has just been handed to me. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:05
And I have this late piece of copy that has just been handed...
Pakistani officials are saying that the hijackers - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:13
Pakistani officials are saying that the hijackers
They communicated to him - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:11
They communicated to him
(PHONES RING) - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:12
(PHONES RING)
Phone lines were inundated, non-stop, with people. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:07
Phone lines were inundated, non-stop, with people.
(DISTANT SIREN WAILS) - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:08
(DISTANT SIREN WAILS)
(PHONE RINGS) - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:07
(PHONE RINGS)
And he said, "It appears that Pan Am's plane - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:15
And he said, "It appears that Pan Am's plane
The first reaction is just pure disbelief. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:05
The first reaction is just pure disbelief.
And then there is this... - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:05
And then there is this...
400 passengers and cabin attendants are being held at this hour. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:07
400 passengers and cabin attendants are being held at this h...
The hijackers have shot one passenger, it seems, - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:09
The hijackers have shot one passenger, it seems,
Passengers were boarding for a flight to New York, - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:08
Passengers were boarding for a flight to New York,
It is long... Let me finish! It's long-standing Pan Am... - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:06
It is long... Let me finish! It's long-standing Pan Am....