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The hijackers finally forced the aircraft to land in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the Taliban. The hijackers released 27 of 176 passengers in Dubai but fatally stabbed one and wounded several others.
More than two decades after the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814, family of victim Rupin Katyal finally got justice after hijacker Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim aka Jamali was gunned...
The Indian Airlines’ Flight 814 was hijacked after it took off from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on December 24, 1999. Over the next eight days, as the aircraft was taken to various destinations in the region, it was revealed that the hijackers belonged to a Pakistan-based Kashmiri terrorist group.
Mar 8, 2022 · Kandahar hijack: One of the terrorists who hijacked the Air India plane, IC-814, in 1999 — Zahoor Mistry — was killed by bike-borne assailants in Karachi, Pakistan.
Mar 9, 2022 · He was among the five hijackers of IC 814, which was taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan on December 24, 1999. The hijackers included Azhar’s brothers Rauf Asghar and Ibrahim Azhar. Both continue to live in Pakistan.
Dec 20, 2019 · Almost a decade before the Mumbai attacks of November 2008 and a couple of years before the Parliament attack of December 13th, 2001, the Kandahar hijack was a watershed in India’s fight against terrorism.
Jan 1, 2023 · Once the hijacked aircraft was stationed in Kandahar, the help Washington was able to provide was naturally limited. With no direct access to the Taliban, India tried to ensure that a maximum number of international observers descended on Kandahar.
Aug 30, 2021 · The Indian Airlines flight, IC-814, from Kathmandu to Delhi with 179 passengers including 24 foreigners and 11 crew members on board was hijacked by five masked men on December 24, 1999, 45 minutes after its 4 pm take-off and when the aircraft was in the range of the Varanasi Air Traffic Control.
Kandahar hijack. Indian Airlines flight 814, en route from Kathmandu to Delhi was hijacked by the Pakistan terror outfit, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen on December 24, 1999. The aircraft had 191 people, including Captain Devi Sharan, who on gun point of hijackers flew the aircraft to several locations.
Feb 29, 2024 · IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a verisimilar account of that infamous hijack from 1999 inside the aircraft, the War Room back home in Delhi, and the Negotiation Station in Kandahar. This is a story that created unexpected heroes out of the most unprecedented crises.
