Flight 149: Hostage of War
Mar 07, 2025 | IMDB 8
90 min Watch NowDocumentary
When BA Flight 149 unwittingly landed in a warzone, its passengers and crew were taken hostage. Did the UK government allow it? And who were the mercenaries on board?
Documentary
When BA Flight 149 unwittingly landed in a warzone, its passengers and crew were taken hostage. Did the UK government allow it? And who were the mercenaries on board?
MOVIE COMMENTS
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John Heroux: Gulf War Fighter Pilot
9/11: The Longest War
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: Command Performance
Lessons of Darkness
The Gulf War... What Next?
The History Channel - Sniper - Deadliest Missions
Desolate Rome
444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique
Attica
Swissair Flug 100 – Geiseldrama in der Wüste
Holding Liat
Mighty Mo: The Battleship USS Missouri
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Broken Token
Voodoo Medics
Achille Lauro - The terror cruise
Uncle Saddam
The Zone
Riding the Storm: How to Tell Lies and Win Wars
Combat in the Air - Close Air Support in the Gulf
SIMILAR MOVIES
John Heroux: Gulf War Fighter Pilot
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2012
In 1991, John Heroux served in Operation Desert Storm, piloting one of forty F16 Fighter Planes sent in to target large manufacturing facilities deep inside Iraq. Looking back on these missions, John explains that pilots, himself included, felt no pride at causing destruction, but did have pride in serving their country and completing their tasks. This is his story.9/11: The Longest War
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2016
In honour of the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, National Geographic Channel is looking back at the very best reporting we have done since this world-changing tragedy first happened using extended excerpts from past specials that relate directly to events leading up to and following the attacks on New York City and Washington DC.General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: Command Performance
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1991
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: Command Performance shows historic archive photographs and coverage of “Stormin’ Norman’s” role from the inception of Desert Shield to the onslaught of Desert Storm.Lessons of Darkness
IMDB 7.8 | Feb , 1992
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.The Gulf War... What Next?
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1993
The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism’s self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the events from their personal perspective.The History Channel - Sniper - Deadliest Missions
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2010
Desolate Rome
IMDB 3.4 | Oct , 1995
Chronicles of a male homosexual drug addict in 1980's in voice-over with long take scenes from Rome, television snippets of news of Gulf War and commercials.444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique
IMDB 8 | Jun , 2022
On January 20, 1981, 52 members of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captivity. Told by those who lived through it, a crisis that traumatized America and upset the political balance in the Middle East.Attica
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2021
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.Swissair Flug 100 – Geiseldrama in der Wüste
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2024
On September 6, 1970, militant Palestinians hijack a fully occupied Swissair plane. After weeks of negotiations, the Federal Council capitulates, gives in to the terrorists' demands and releases three Palestinians imprisoned in Switzerland.Holding Liat
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2025
Liat Atzili was kidnapped from her kibbutz on October 7. What begins as a chronicle of her parents, sister, and children's efforts to secure her return, becomes a portrait of conflicting impulses towards anger, indifference, and compassion straining the bonds of one grieving family.Mighty Mo: The Battleship USS Missouri
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1998
Explore the history of the world's most famous battleship, the USS Missouri, with this revealing documentary that chronicles the ship's distinguished career that spanned more than 50 years of service. Narrated by decorated Navy officer Wes Carey, this portrait combines archival film footage, photographs and personal accounts to paint a vivid picture of the celebrated ship, affectionately known as "Mighty Mo."The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2001
"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" looks at the origins of the Gulf War crisis and challenges the official Western "party-line" view of a spontaneous crusade for "Freedom & Democracy". Instead, the documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions made of uranium 238.Broken Token
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
A single female voice sings of waiting in her garden for her ‘dark-eyed sailor’ to return from war, bearing the other half of their token, a gimmel ring. Three veterans pass on the road as she waits, and she asks them: “When you were fighting in distant lands, did you think of the home you left?” In reply the veterans relate their recollections. The garden images in the accompanying film represent ‘home’, but also stand for a more general possibility of redemption, of the potential of the past to return at any time, disguised and changed, to renew the present: “Each moment of time is a garden gate,” the song goes, “Through it my love may walk.”Voodoo Medics
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2026
About trauma, resilience and post-traumatic growth in the medics who served with Australia's special forces in Afghanistan. From losing mates in the battlefield to treating horrifically injured Afghan kids in remote surgical theatres.Achille Lauro - The terror cruise
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2025
An Italian cruise ship carrying passengers from all over the world is hijacked off the coast of Egypt by a Palestinian commando unit. It is the beginning of a three-day ordeal in 1985 that culminates in the murder of an American hostage and an armed clash between two NATO allies to capture his killers.Uncle Saddam
IMDB 5.9 | Jul , 2000
Everything you've ever wanted to know about Saddam Hussein (but were afraid to ask).The Zone
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2025
In times of conflict, a companion can be the final thread linking one to human connection. In Call of Duty: Warzone, communication is fractured, making it even harder to truly know those you play with. Dialogue is just a series of terse exchanges of orders and instructions; everything revolves around the game, everything is subsumed by war. Forming a meaningful connection with an anonymous player seems nearly impossible. In The Zone, the protagonists confront this challenge, pushing beyond the fleeting interactions dictated by random matchmaking. They seek to reclaim their humanity, engaging with pressing themes — religion, terrorism, and representation — subtly embedded in the game’s mechanics and geography.Riding the Storm: How to Tell Lies and Win Wars
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1996
Journalist Maggie O’Kane returns to Iraq five years after Desert Storm to try to understand why she was not able to report the war freely and to investigate some of the stories which did not stand up.Combat in the Air - Close Air Support in the Gulf
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1996