S1 Ep9: Entebbe: Hostage Rescue, Part 1

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🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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June 27th, 1976\. A routine flight from the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv to Paris. Two hundred and forty eight passengers and crew members have been kidnapped by armed terrorists aboard Air France flight 139\. The destination: a little known city called Entebbe in the middle of Africa. Who were the terrorists behind this? What unique challenges did Israeli government and military officials face? What was President of Uganda Idi Amin's intentions? This episode is sponsored by Harry's (harrys.com/covert), Stamps.com (PROMO: COVERT) and Hims (forhims.com/ops). Covert's theme is "Anxiety" by Kai Engel (kai-engel.com). Music in this episode is “Take Off and Shoot a Zero” by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/); “VIII. Catacombae. Sepulcrum romanum Largo” by Skidmore College Orchestra; “Sands of Windhoek” by Ask Again (https://soundcloud.com/artofescapism/); “Escapade”, “Dos Lagos” by Nctrnm (https://soundcloud.com/nctrnlmusic); “Action Investigation” by Komiku (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/); "Nothing (Bonus Track) by Kai Engel; and “Burnt To A Crisp” by Daniel Birch (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Birch). Sound effects from freesound.org by suz_soundcreations. Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	June 27, 1976 Athens, Greece A routine flight from the Israeli
0:07.9	coastal city of Tel Aviv to Paris.
0:11.2	On board were 248 people, passengers and crew members.
0:16.4	Air France Flight 139 had just taken off from a stop over in the Greek capital, where it
0:22.0	had picked up 58 new passengers, including four who had no intention of flying to Paris.
0:30.0	The armed terrorists hijacked the plane and re-rooted to the little known city of Antebae
0:35.7	in the middle of Africa.
0:38.5	Their demands are to free 40 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel and 13 other prisoners
0:45.3	in exchange for the lives of the hostages.
0:48.6	The tourist sends a message that starts to execute passengers one by one.
0:56.7	As time is running out, a daring plan is launched from thousands of miles away.
1:04.6	Welcome to Covert, a show about the shadowy world of international espionage and top secret
1:10.6	military operations.
1:12.6	I'm Jamie Renaud, and I'm going to take you inside history's greatest special operations
1:17.5	missions to learn about the brave soldiers who risked their lives to terminate the world's
1:22.8	most wanted men, eliminate terrorist threats and protect countless innocent lives.
1:29.8	I would say that the whole scum of the world concentrated in this place.
1:33.8	To kill someone is relatively simple.
1:35.8	To rescue someone is much more complicated.
1:38.8	As told by the people who were there.
1:40.8	Every few hours they say that they are going to kill us.
1:44.8	The only thing was to keep quiet and to hope and to pray.
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