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British Airways Flight 149

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Summary

British Airways Flight 149 is a hostage taking[1]. It draws 1,504 Wikipedia views per month (hostage taking category, ranking #9 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: aviation incident[3]
  • Operator: British Airways[4]
  • Location: Kuwait International Airport[5]
  • Commons category: British Airways Flight 149[6]
  • Aircraft registration: G-AWND[7]
  • Point in time: August 2, 1990[8]
  • Number of deaths: 1[9]
  • Number of injured: 0[10]
  • Start point: London Heathrow Airport[11]

Why It Matters

British Airways Flight 149 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

British Airways

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Dexbot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → —
    Instance of → hostage taking, aviation incident
    Point in time → —
    Location → Kuwait International Airport
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:fa:پرواز ۱۴۹ بریتیش ایرویز]]"
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