Central News: 02.07.1990: Fake Bomb

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Summary

Sandy Barton reports that Bromsgrove doctor Jim Swire who smuggled a fake bomb on a transatlantic flight to test security at Heathrow Airport is calling for a government inquiry into airline security.

Year:

1990

Duration:

0:01:15

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

RAID

Description

Dr. Swire's daughter Flora was killed in the Lockerbie aircraft disaster and he is now asking Cecil Parkinson the Transport Secretary to launch an independent inquiry into security. Interview with Dr. Swire who wants some good to come out of the tragedy of his daughter's death. Shots of Dr Swire at a press conference with the fake bomb. Colour still Cecil Parkinson. Shot of the wreckage following the Lockerbie disaster in 1988 (ITN). View of the memorial wood he has planted in his daughter's memory. Colour still Flora Swire.


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Story 1631/90