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Sep 4, 2024 · Created by Anubhav Sinha, 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack', is based on the hijacking of the Delhi-bound Indian Airlines flight which took place less than an hour after the flight took off from Kathmandu on December 24, 1999.
- India
Sep 6, 2024 · The motive behind the hijacking of IC 814 carrying 176 passengers and crew is uncontested. It was orchestrated solely to secure the release of prominent Pakistani jihadist leader Masood Azhar. Negotiators, led by national security adviser Ajit Doval, were convinced at one point they had a deal — just Azhar, no extras.
Sep 3, 2024 · Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the show recounts the hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in December 1999. Five hijackers took over the Delhi-bound plane about 40 minutes after it departed from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
Sep 4, 2024 · The raging controversy over OTT series ‘IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack’ takes us back to the riveting tale of anguish, anxiety and articulate negotiation leading up to the safe return of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane to Delhi
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Sep 6, 2024 · In 1993, an Indian Airlines Delhi-Srinagar with 141 people on board was hijacked by a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorist, who hid two pistols in the plaster moulds on his legs. As the plane stopped at Amritsar, NSG commandos stormed IC 427 and ended the hostage crisis in just five minutes.
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4 days ago · The flight was supposed to land at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in the evening, but soon after, news of the hijacking spread. The hijackers took the flight to Amritsar instead of Delhi, as the fuel was running low. The plane was kept at Amritsar for some time, but the purpose for which it was hijacked could not be fulfilled.
The Kandahar Hijack recounts the hijacking of a Kathmandu-Delhi flight diverted to Taliban-ruled Kandahar. What are the facts? Many have also defended the series, saying that it is factually...
