Get Out Alive
In 2010, the Discovery Channel commissioned a drama-documentary re-enactment of the 1986 hijack >>
Made
by award-winning production company Raw TV and starring Dan Gingell in
the leading role, it premiered in the USA in December 2010 and was shown in the UK in March 2011.
View more video extracts from 'Hijack on Flight 73'...
Passport roulette >>
Singled out >>
Chaos and confusion >>
The programme uses a blend of first-person testimony, film reconstruction and archive footage to recreate the tension and drama of the extraordinary day through the eyes and voices of two people at the centre of the action, hostage Mike Thexton and Pan Am station boss Viraf Daroga, who had to negotiate with the terrorists.
Passport roulette >>
Singled out >>
Chaos and confusion >>
The programme uses a blend of first-person testimony, film reconstruction and archive footage to recreate the tension and drama of the extraordinary day through the eyes and voices of two people at the centre of the action, hostage Mike Thexton and Pan Am station boss Viraf Daroga, who had to negotiate with the terrorists.
