Flight 149: Hostage of Conflict is the title of a brand new Sky function documentary that recounts “one of essentially the most extraordinary – and till not too long ago, formally denied – chapters of the Gulf Conflict,” the Comcast-owned firm mentioned on Friday in unveiling a trailer for the unique movie that may debut within the U.Ok. and Eire in June.
“On Aug. 2, 1990, simply after Saddam [Hussein]’s forces storm Kuwait, a civilian flight unwittingly touches down within the center of the warzone,” reads a synopsis for the doc. “The passengers and crew discover themselves trapped, held as hostages by Saddam Hussein, changing into pawns in a quickly escalating worldwide disaster that may reshape the Center East.”
Calling the doc “an unflinching exploration of a geopolitical scandal,” Sky additionally highlighted the stakes. “For over three a long time, the British authorities denied any prior data of the invasion earlier than the airplane’s ill-fated touchdown. Now, new data has come to mild to problem the official narrative, and the surviving hostages are taking the British authorities and BA [British Airways] to court docket to hunt justice and the reality.”
Premiering on June 11 on Sky Documentaries and Sky streaming service Now, Flight 149: Hostage of Conflict guarantees to mix “highly effective firsthand testimonies from the important thing gamers, together with the surviving hostages, Kuwaiti resistance fighters, investigative journalist Stephen Davis, and political insiders.”
When plans for the doc had been first unveiled, Sky highlighted that greater than 385 males, girls and youngsters had been on board of the flight. “Saddam Hussein broadcasts to the world that the passengers of the airplane at the moment are his ‘visitors’ and aren’t allowed to depart,” it famous again then. “They’re held as human shields in navy and chemical crops throughout Iraq in a quickly escalating worldwide disaster. Over the subsequent 5 months, a tense hostage story unfolds with the world watching. It coincides with a pivotal second in geopolitical historical past that may change the West’s relationship with the Center East without end. The hostages turn into pawns caught up with a ruthless dictator, a airplane filled with spies, a British authorities cover-up, and surprising involvement from Richard Branson.”
The trailer for the function doc, produced by Drum Studios, provides a primary style of what to anticipate in Flight 149: Hostage of Conflict and consists of footage of the likes of then-U.Ok. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher subsequent to then-U.S. President George H. W. Bush, a shot of Saddam Hussein, in addition to a spread of former hostages.
Watch the trailer beneath.