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Hijacked: Flight 73

If the APU fails, the aeroplanewill just heat up quickly and it will be stiflingly hot...

If the APU fails, the aeroplane
will just heat up quickly and it will be stiflingly hot inside
with people unable to breathe

Full Transcript

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If the APU fails,
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the aeroplane will just heat up quickly
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and it will be stiflingly hot inside with people unable to breathe.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
65
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:42
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.
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....
Everybody was calling me. "Have you heard anything more?" - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:11
Everybody was calling me. "Have you heard anything more...
And they promise that as soon as the crew is provided to them, - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:08
And they promise that as soon as the crew is provided to the...
All these horrific scenes going through your mind - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:09
All these horrific scenes going through your mind
After... Many, many hours... I think seven, eight hours, - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:07
After... Many, many hours... I think seven, eight hours,
For a long time, we didn't have any food or drinks. - Hijacked: Flight 73 00:06
For a long time, we didn't have any food or drinks.