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	Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Indian Airlines Flight 814 (abbreviated IC-814) was a flight that flew from Kathmandu, Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport to Delhi, India's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
		The Indian Airlines (now renamed as 'Indian') flight 814 (VT-EDW) was hijacked on the eve of Christmas on Friday, December 24, 1999, shortly after the aircraft entered Indian airspace at about 5:30 p.m.
		On December 31, 1999, the freed hostages of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 were flown back to India on a special plane.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814 (844 words)

	Suo Moto Statement by the Minister of External Affairs
		Indian Airlines Flight IC-814, Kathmandu-Delhi, of December 24th, was hijacked at around 1653 hours Indian Standard Time.
		As Indian Airlines flight IC-814 had originated in Kathmandu and the plane had landed at Lahore and Dubai before reaching Kandahar, it would be appropriate to make a reference to the approaches of Nepal, Pakistan and the UAE towards this incident.
		Immediate contacts were established on the ATC channel, and between the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and the Taliban Mission in that city.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/document/papers/IC814.htm (2010 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| More about \| The Indian Airlines hijacking
		The hijacking of an Indian Airlines Airbus-300 last Friday, and the tortuous, terrifying events which subsequently led its passengers and crew to the icy runways of Afghanistan's Kandahar airport, have been a demonstration of more than just the ruthlessness of militant Kashmiri secessionists.
		Indian negotiators last night began to bargain for the lives of some 160 people aboard a commandeered airliner in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after a day in which the patience of the hijackers - and their reluctant Taliban hosts - wore perilously thin.
		The hijacked Indian airliner carrying 160 crew and passengers who have been held hostage at knifepoint for more than two days by Kashmiri militants, was last night being refuelled and preparing to leave an Afghan airfield with no end in sight to the ordeal.
	www.guardian.co.uk /more_about/0,5167,239477,00.html (358 words)

	Indian (airline) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Indian (Hindi: इंडियन) (formerly Indian Airlines Hindi: इंडियन एयरलाइन्स) is India's state owned primarily domestic airline, under the federal Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and based in New Delhi.
		Indian Airlines management has now finalised the lease of two wide body A330-200 jets but hasn't planned as to which routes will it be deployed.
		Indian is the only airline using Airbus A320 aircraft with double gear bogeys to enable airports with rougher and smaller airfields within the country to be accessed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Airlines (2041 words)

	Indian Airlines Plane Hijack
		Indian Airlines flight IC 814 Kathmandu-New Delhi was hijacked on Saturday 24 December 1999 at about 1730 hours shortly after it entered Indian air space.The hijacking ended on New Year's Eve after India released three terrorists in exchange of the hostages.
		All passengers and crew members abroad the hijacked Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 have been released by the Taliban and are expected to return to New Delhi later tonight.
		The Indian government had received an ultimatum from the hijackers that if their demands were not met till 2.00 p.m.
	www.subcontinent.com /sapra/research/terrorism/tr_1999_12_25.html (2136 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Hijacked IA flight takes off for Dubai, 4 killed, 5 injured
		The hijacked Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 landed at Mindhat military base 12 miles north-west of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates at 0135 IST (1205 local time) after Dubai airport also refused it permission to land.
		Earlier, Flight IC 814, which was hijacked over Lucknow at 1655 IST today and landed in Lahore at 2007 IST, took off again tonight for an undisclosed destination.
		But Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav said the commander of the flight, Captain D Saran, who passed on the information to ground controllers, did not see the bodies himself as he was not allowed to leave the cockpit and may have even been told to give out the information to create a scare.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/dec/24ia.htm (1505 words)

	"It Happens Only in India"
		n Friday the 24th December '99, Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 with 187 persons on board was hijacked in the course of an international flight from Kathmandu to Delhi.
		Indian diplomats in Pakistan were promised all possible help in case they wanted to initiate a dialogue with the hijackers.
		Indians approached Russia for moving the UN Security Council, eight other countries whose nationals were among the hostages to intercede on their behalf and as for itself the Government of India engaged in endless 'talkathons' with the cabinet, opposition parties parliamentarians, press, relatives of the hostages.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/jan/happens-in-india.htm (1355 words)

	IC-814 Captain becomes a celebrity in India, IC-814 Hijack, Indian Airforce
		When the released hostages flew home to India, pouring out of the New Delhi airport and into the arms of their families, Captain Sharan, his face covered in a stubble of beard, was hoisted onto the shoulders of his crew and hailed as a hero by the passengers.
		When his employer, Indian Airlines, called today to say they needed him to fly tonight, he told them he was busy giving interviews but could fly out the next morning.
		The ceremony was organised in coordination with the Indian Association Sharjah and Indian Airlines.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/hijackc.html (1112 words)

	Information on hijacked Indian Airlines aircraft, IC-814
		Photographs of the hijackers of the Indian Airlines plane were recovered during the raid along with two passports, which were in fact made for hijackers still on board the Indian airlines plane.
		At the Indian pilot’s request, ATC Lahore declined to permit the Indian Airlines place to land but when on its way back from Amritsar, the chief Hijacker spoke to ATC - Lahore and urged him that the plane had to be refueled, the ATC - Lahore allowed it to land, and provided it fuel.
		Release of hostages from hijacking of Indian Airlines
	www.indianembassy.org /archive/IC_814.htm (5821 words)

	Pakistan: Gateway to Terror
		Indian Airlines plane at Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan Dec. 30.
		Latif apparently was the kingpin at the Indian end, having escorted 'Chief' Athar on November 1 from Mumbai to Calcutta by air, to New Jalpaiguri by train and from there to Kathmandu by bus.
		The IC 814 Hijacking also had a similar modus operandi to the September 11th hijacks.
	members.fortunecity.com /terrorgate/IC-814.htm (1791 words)

	Indian - Airlines
		Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) is India’s state owned primarily domestic airline, under the federal Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and based in New Delhi.
		Indian flies to 64 domestic and 16 international destinations offering 35,000 seats per day and is India’s largest airline.
		The aircraft livery used while the company was called Indian Airlines was one of the longest in terms of time.
	www.allair.org /indian (1569 words)

	Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
		On Christmas Eve, Indian Airlines flight IC 814 from Katmandu to New Delhi was hijacked.
		The Indian government's options were no doubt restricted considerably by the fact that Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, where the hijacked aircraft landed after leaving Indian airspace, were not particularly helpful - India has consistently maintained that Pakistan played a role in facilitating the hijack.
		Once the hijacked plane landed at an Indian airport, all efforts would be focused on not allowing it to take off again, by either bringing in fire tenders to block the runway or turning off the runway lights.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/GH19Df02.html (1396 words)

	Patterns of Global Terrorism
		On 25 December the Taliban permitted hijacked Indian Airlines flight 814 to land at Qandahar airport after refusing it permission to land the previous day.
		The hijackers, who had murdered one of the Indian passengers during the course of the incident, were allowed to go free.
		One of the HUM leaders, Maulana Masood Azhar, was freed from an Indian prison in exchange for the hostages on the aircraft in the Air India hijacking in December and has since returned to Pakistan.
	www.thewednesdayreport.com /twr/terrorism12.htm (787 words)

	Information on hijacked Indian Airlines aircraft, IC-814
		An Indian Airlines (flight number IC-814) aircraft flying from Kathmandu to New Delhi on December 24, 1999 with more than 180 persons was hijacked and made landings in India, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates and now landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
		The United States Government condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 and the holding of 160 passengers as hostages since Friday, December 24.
		We understand that the Indian Airlines flight that originated in Kathmandu, Nepal, continues to be held at the Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan by hijackers.
	www.indianembassy.org /archive/IC_814_copy(1).htm (3271 words)

	Online NewsHour: Indian Air Hijacking -- December 28, 1999
		SPENCER MICHELS: The engines on Indian Airlines Flight 814 have been repaired and are now working after a 12-hour shutdown, as the plane remains on the tarmac in Afghanistan for the fourth day.
		Flight 814 refueled in Northern India and again in Pakistan before landing in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, where the captors released 27 passengers, mostly women and children, and the body of one Indian
		And it may well be that the Pakistanis are even working with the Indians to help determine who the hijackers are and to see if it is a family operation, as opposed to an organizational hijacking.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/international/july-dec99/hijackers_12-28.html (2472 words)

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		As administration officials, led by State Secretary Colin Powell, praise Pakistan for its help in the war on terrorism, FBI agents responding to Indian leads are quietly investigating Pakistan-based terrorist groups connected to al-Qaida and the Sept. 11 hijackings.
		And the four remaining hijackers of Indian Airlines Flight 814 are still hiding in Pakistan.
		Asked by an Indian reporter about the seemingly well-organized network of terrorists still operating there, he said that no country is immune from terrorism.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/72-840.asp (1272 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has described recent hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight IC-814 as one of the most successful hijackings in the recent history as it succeeded in drawing the attention of the international community to the Kashmir dispute.
		The experience on the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to the Southern Afghan city of Kandahar has changed him forever as he witnessed the courage of the mighty Indians.
		Informed by the intelligence community analysis of the August 1998 North Korean flight test of its Taepo Dong I missile, as well as the report of the Rumsfeld Commission and other information, the administration has concluded that the threat posed by a rogue state developing ICBM capable of striking us is growing, he noted.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /00jan10/inter.htm (3275 words)

	BOWING TO TERRORISM
		AS the passengers of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 began their flight home to New Delhi, a quiet celebration was under way in Kandahar.
		In the end, Indian negotiators succeeded in persuading the hijackers to agree to the release of just three prisoners in return for the release of all the hostages.
		From the moment IC 814 was hijacked, the highest levels of government failed to respond to the emerging crisis.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1701/17010040.htm (2769 words)

	Calcutta-on-net News, December 30, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The homecoming of hostages from the hijacked Indian Airlines plane brought relief and joy to Indians celebrating the arrival of the new millennium on Saturday.
		"The end of the hijacking episode of the Indian Airlines plane is a matter of satisfaction to the government of Pakistan," a Foreign Ministry statement said shortly the hostages were freed by five hijackers in exchange for three militants released by India.
		January 1: The homecoming of hostages from the hijacked Indian Airlines plane brought relief and joy to Indians celebrating the arrival of the new millennium on Saturday.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jan00/02Jan00.html (4965 words)

	Asia Times: Pakistan in a twist in war of lists
		Indian officials say the very fact that those on the list have Interpol "red corner" notices against them is proof.
		Many Indians believe that the move to include Advani in the wanted list, if it is indeed true, is an attempt by Pakistan to divert attention from the issue that India is focused on: Pakistan's provision of sanctuary to terrorists and criminals, notwithstanding its stated claim to have distanced itself from terrorism.
		An official of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs says that Pakistan had condemned the Mumbai serial bombings as well as the hijack of IC 814.
	atimes.com /ind-pak/DB05Df03.html (1397 words)

	ASIANOW -Four reported killed in Indian Airlines hijacking - December 24, 1999
		Vijay Mulekar, director of the Amritsar airport, said he was told by the plane's pilot that the hijackers killed four people on board while the plane was on the ground.
		Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 was a regularly scheduled flight from Katmandu, Nepal, to New Delhi, India.
		Airline officials said the plane was carrying 175 passengers and 11 crew members.
	edition.cnn.com /1999/ASIANOW/south/12/24/india.hijack.05 (491 words)

	Impact of Indian jet hijacking still felt - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The events are not unrelated, and indeed share roots in a relatively overlooked terrorist episode from the final week of 1999: The hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814.
		The Indian Airlines hijacking unleashed a vicious trio of terrorists on the world; and once they were free, the world did nothing to stop them.
		But the Indian Airlines' hijacking by supporters of Kashmir separatism illustrates the wider impact an apparently obscure cause can have — and how it can attract and motivate terrorists who go on to other causes, targeting innocent Americans like Pearl and U.S. allies like Musharraf.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jan/25/op/op03a.html (1231 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| India and US to counter terrorism
		A statement issued by the Indian foreign office said the two officials conducted a "dialogue on security, non-proliferation, disarmament and related issues".
		"They agreed to work together to ensure that the perpetrators of the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 were brought to justice as part of their joint efforts to combat international terrorism," the Indian statement said.
		He firmly denied any Indian involvement in Monday's bomb blast in Karachi and said it was Pakistan that was "conducting a clandestine war".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/608799.stm (618 words)

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