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Witness History: I Hijacked A Plane To Save My Children

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I Hijacked A Plane To Save My Children

04/01/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, I Hijacked A Plane To Save My Children

How one woman fled Brazil's military dictatorship with her kids on a hijacked plane.

How one member of a left-wing guerrilla group in Brazil fled the country's military dictatorship by taking her kids with her on a hijacked plane to Cuba.

On 4 January 1970 a hijacked plane touched down in Cuba after a dramatic four day journey.  The plane, its crew and passengers had been seized on New Year’s Eve by a small group of left-wing guerrillas fighting military rule in Brazil.  Mike Lanchin has spoken to one of the hijackers, Marilia Gimaraes, who took her two young children with her.

Photo: Marilia Gimaraes, 2017 (courtesy of the family)

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