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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...
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is an upcoming Hindi-language streaming television series directed by Anubhav Sinha for Netflix. It stars Vijay Varma, Pankaj Tripathi, Naseeruddin Shah, Dia Mirza, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Pooja Gor, Kanwaljit Singh, Manoj Pahwa, Patralekhaa, Kumud Mishra, Yashpal Sharma, Aditya Srivastava and others.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
Air India Captain Devi Sharan was 37 years old when five masked men hijacked the airbus he was flying from Kathmandu to Delhi carrying 176 passengers in 1999. From Amritsar to Lahore to...
