| Date: | Tuesday 29 September 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Lahore Airport (LHE) -
 Pakistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
| Amritsar-Raja Sansi Airport (ATQ/VIAR) |
Five Sikh extremists armed with daggers and a hand grenade hijacked an Indian Airlines 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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