CBS Evening News - 1982-02-28
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[0:00] Today, the landscape of
[0:02] >> firet trucks were used to block the
[0:03] runway. About 90 people were being held
[0:06] hostage aboard the airliner by four men
[0:08] who claimed they were heavily armed.
[0:10] British authorities decided the hijack
[0:12] would end at standstill. It was decided
[0:15] that it had gone on long enough and that
[0:17] um as the plane had arrived in Britain,
[0:20] um it was up to us to deal with it and
[0:22] and finish the the business once and for
[0:24] all. And so we determined that that
[0:26] plane would never leave here once it had
[0:28] arrived here. and we had no intention of
[0:30] making any concessions that would in any
[0:32] way help or encourage people to hijack
[0:35] airplanes. The police arranged for the
[0:38] hijackers to talk with a former
[0:39] Tanzanian foreign minister who now leads
[0:41] an opposition movement in exile. That
[0:44] seemed to provide a breakthrough in what
[0:45] police called slow and patient
[0:47] negotiations. By midafternoon, many of
[0:50] the hostages were allowed off the plane
[0:52] until finally the hijackers, whose
[0:54] families were also on board, agreed to
[0:56] surrender. We came to an agreement with
[0:59] them that the weapons will be brought
[1:00] off by two small children. And so two
[1:03] children who form part of the families
[1:05] that had gone on board with the
[1:07] hijackers actually came off the airplane
[1:10] first carrying the weapons.
[1:13] The weapons turned out to be one 38
[1:15] caliber revolver, two imitation guns
[1:17] made of wood, and a wooden hand grenade.
[1:20] Police say the four men seized the
[1:22] airplane to focus attention on their
[1:23] complaints about conditions inside
[1:25] Tanzania. John Blackstone, CBS