Hijacking
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 29 SEP 1981 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Boeing 737-200 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Indian Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 6 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 111 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 117 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Lahore Airport (LHE) (Pakistan) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP), Indien |
| Amritsar-Raja Sansi Airport (ATQ/VIAR), Indien |
Five Sikh extremists armed with daggers and a hand grenade hijacked an Indian Boeing 737 and demanded India to free a jailed a Sikh independence leader.
They diverted the plane to Lahore, where they released 46 of the 117 people aboard. The next day the plane was stormed and the hijackers arrested.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Delhi-Palam Airport to Amritsar-Raja Sansi Airport as the crow flies is 411 km (257 miles).
Distance from Delhi-Palam Airport to Amritsar-Raja Sansi Airport as the crow flies is 411 km (257 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
