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World War Two African victory and 'Kai Tak heart attack'

The History Hour

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The Last Flight Out of Hong Kong's Kaitak Airport

SS Tylawa was carrying more than 950 passengers and crew from India to East Africa when disaster struck. Ben Henderson has been speaking to two survivors of the tragedy at sea. Still to come in this podcast: The American bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 and the last flight out of Hong Kong's hair-raising Kaitak airport.

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