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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...
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.
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.
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.
Aug 30, 2009 · Indian Airlines flight IC-814 on its way back to Delhi from Kathmandu, half an hour after take off on December 24, 1999, was taken over by five Pakistani hijackers with 180 passengers and crew on...
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 24, 2019 · The Indian Airlines flight flying between Kathmandu and Delhi was hijacked on Christmas eve in 1999 and taken to Kandahar where the passengers were released after a week, on December 31, after...
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.
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.
