FLIGHT 149: HOSTAGE OF WAR directed by JENNY ASH
PRODUCTION DESIGN
August 1990. Kuwait City. A war begins. A plane lands.
BA Flight 149 was a routine flight from London to Kuala Lumpur, with a stopover in Kuwait.
Except that just hours before Saddam Hussein’s invasion, the British government allegedly allowed the flight to land — knowing full well that war was imminent.
The result ?
367 civilians, including crew members, were taken hostage, used as human shields, tortured, and scattered across Iraq for months — pawns in a larger game of geopolitics.
Why was the flight allowed to land?
Why did no one warn the passengers?
Why did governments stay silent for over 30 years?
Because sometimes, in the shadows of diplomacy, human lives are treated as expendable assets.
“They weren’t rescued.
They were forgotten.”
Some of them are still fighting for answers — and justice.
Their story isn’t just a footnote in history.
It’s a case study in state cynicism, cover-ups, and collateral humanity
#Flight149 isn’t just about a plane.
It’s about what governments are willing to risk — or sacrifice — in the name of power.
DIRECTOR : JENNY ASH
CINEMATOGRAPHER : JAMIE CARNEY\
PRODUCTION DESIGNER : ZINEB ANDRESS ARRAKI