HL Deb 01 March 2000 vol 610 c81WA
The Earl of Sandwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the number of Afghan passengers who returned home after the recent hijack corresponded with the estimated number who left Afghanistan against their will. [HL1159]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Seventy-three people, including 15 members of the cabin crew, returned voluntarily to Afghanistan on 14 February. It would be wrong to speculate on whether this corresponds with the number who were victims of the hijacking.