LW: Michel Bacos

this evening (sunday 7th), 8.31-8.38pm (repeated from 4.03pm friday), on bbc radio 4 

michel bacos, b. 3.5.1924, d. 26.3.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“Michel Bacos, the pilot of the Air France jet that was hi-jacked to Entebbe in 1976. He was offered the chance to leave, but chose to stay with the hostages until they were freed in a dramatic raid by the Israelis.”

including interviews with …

• wife rosemary bacos

• former reporter paul martin