Plane Hijackers
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IC 814 row: Netflix assures future content will be sensitive to nation's sentiments
Entertainment | Sep 03, 2024, 02:41 PM ISTThe Vijay Varma-starrer Netflix series IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack has been making headlines on social media for all the wrong reasons. Netflix has now come forward and assured the Centre of content reviewing and also guaranteed that future content will be as per nation's sentiments. Know full story.
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UN helicopter makes emergency landing due to engine failure, Somali extremists kill 1 and capture 5
World | Jan 10, 2024, 11:48 PM ISTTerror group Al-Shabaab seized a United Nations plane with at least six crew members on board in the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia, Iranian News Agency Anadolu reported.
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Pilot Sharan reveals SHOCKING details about how he forced Pak to permit landing of hijacked flight
World | Aug 06, 2023, 12:53 PM ISTThe brief story of IC-814 is that it was hijacked by five terrorists on December 24, 1999, 40 minutes after it took off from Kathmandu at 4 PM.
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Mumbai: Passenger held for allegedly conversing 'plane hijack' in Vistara flight
Maharashtra | Jun 23, 2023, 01:12 PM ISTMumbai news: According to the police, the crew members onboard the aircraft heard the person talking about 'hijacking' on the phone. The passenger, on being questioned, said that he is mentally ill.
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Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, released post Indian Airlines flight hijack, designated as terrorist
India | Apr 14, 2022, 10:55 AM ISTIn the notification, the MHA pointed out that Zargar had been affiliated with the 'Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front' terror outfit and had gone to Pakistan for obtaining illegal arms and ammunition training.
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Gunman attempts to hijack Dubai-bound plane in Bangladesh, passengers evacuated safely
World | Feb 24, 2019, 10:32 PM ISTA gunman on Sunday attempted to hijack a Dubai-bound plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in Bangladesh. According to media reports, the suspect allegedly shot a cabin crew member and tried to storm the cockpit of the flight.
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Bangladesh thwarts terrorist plot to hijack plane, pilot among four arrested
World | Nov 01, 2017, 09:09 AM ISTA pilot, his mother and two members of banned JMB were arrested as Bangladesh police foiled a plan to hijack plane and crash it into the homes of top-level politicians.
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Passengers of hijacked Libyan plane leave Malta for home
World | Dec 24, 2016, 06:33 PM ISTThe passengers of the hijacked Libyan flight that was yesterday diverted to Malta have left the Mediterranean island and are returning home. Afriqiyah Airways sent an aircraft to Malta to bring the more than 100
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Hadn’t seen wife and kids in 24 years: EgyptAir hijacker justifies drastic move
World | Mar 30, 2016, 11:08 PM IST"What's someone supposed to do when he hasn't seen his wife and children in 24 years and the Egyptian government won't let him?" the man arrested for hijacking EgyptAir flight said.
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Five times passenger aircrafts were hijacked for ‘weird’ reasons
Life | Mar 29, 2016, 06:30 PM ISTTake a look at five such incidents where hijackers had unbelievable reasons behind taking over the passenger aircrafts.