People on BA flight 149 were taken off the Kuala Lumpur-bound plane when it landed in the Gulf state on August 2 that year, hours after Iraq's then leader Saddam Hussein invaded the country.Some of the 367 passengers and crew spent more than four months in captivity, including as human shields against Western attacks on the Iraqi dictator's troops during the first Gulf war.
'We were not treated as citizens but as expendable pawns for commercial and political gain,' said Barry Manners, who was on the flight and is taking part in the claim.'A victory over years of cover-up and bare-faced denial will help restore trust in our political and judicial process,' he added.
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