Indian Airlines Flight 814 (call sign IC-814) was an Indian Airlines flight en route from Tribhuvan International Airport (Kathmandu, Nepal) to Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi, India) when it was hijacked by five Pakistan nationals on 24 December 1999. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, a Pakistan-based militant group, was held responsible for the hijacking.
The aircraft was hijacked by armed gunmen shortly after it entered Indian airspace at about...
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Indian Airlines Flight 814 (call sign IC-814) was an Indian Airlines flight en route from Tribhuvan International Airport (Kathmandu, Nepal) to Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi, India) when it was hijacked by five Pakistan nationals on 24 December 1999. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, a Pakistan-based militant group, was held responsible for the hijacking.
The aircraft was hijacked by armed gunmen shortly after it entered Indian airspace at about 17:30 hours IST. After touching down in Amritsar, Lahore and Dubai, the hijackers forced the aircraft to land in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The hijackers released 27 of 176 passengers in Dubai but fatally stabbed one and wounded several others.
India's lack of recognition of the Taliban-regime in Afghanistan complicated negotiations between Indian authorities and the hijackers. Taliban moved its well-armed fighters near the hijacked aircraft in an attempt to prevent Indian special forces from storming the aircraft. The hijacking lasted for seven...
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