Flight into fear: The captain's story [Sharan, Devi] on Amazon.com. In Conversation with Captain Devi Sharan | The Indian Airlines Flight 814 Hijack, Dec 24, 1999 - YouTube Devi Sharan was the captain of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC 814) which was hijacked on Friday, December 24, 1999. The captain of the hijacked plane, Devi Sharan, was told to fly to Pakistan, then Dubai, then finally, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Mr. Ashok Singhal, international president of the militant Hindu organization VHP, recently criticized the entire Hindu community and termed it cowardly because the passengers and crew aboard the hijacked Indian Airlines plane could not overpower the hijackers. The Kandahar hijacking is a film that will hold many lessons and important reminders for all of us especially given the tumultuous times we are in today.” The aircraft was piloted by 37-year-old Captain Devi Sharan and first officer Rajinder Kumar, with 58-year-old flight engineer Anil Kumar Jaggia. Passengers later stated that they received irregular meals and had limited access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, and that the hijackers utilised the public announcement system on board the plane to proselytize to the passengers. As the plane had not been refuelled in Amritsar, and was running out of fuel, Captain Sharan attempted to crash-land without navigational aids and lights, nearly landing on a highway. The five hijackers departed with a Taliban hostage to ensure their safe passage and were reported to have left Afghanistan. The Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was briefed regarding the incident at 7:00 pm. [37], The ill-fated hijacked aircraft became the largest piece of evidence involved in the subsequent criminal investigation from the Punjab courts, where the hijack case was being heard, who deemed that the aircraft was vital for investigation. They also attempted to negotiate with the hijackers to release women and children aboard the flight, but were denied. (function(d, sc, u) { [38], The incident is seen as a failure of the BJP government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and IB chief Ajit Doval said that India would have had a stronger negotiating hand if the aircraft had not been allowed to leave Indian territory. Doval said that if the Taliban hijackers did not have ISI support, India could have resolved the crisis. At that time, most of Afghanistan, including the Kandahar airport where the hijacked plane landed, was under Taliban control. [13], Between landing and take-off again at 7:50 pm, Captain Sharan made contact with the ATC four times, informing them that the hijackers were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and had begun killing hostages, and requested them to refuel the plane as fast as possible to prevent any additional deaths. The Airbus was hijacked by five masked gunmen shortly after it entered Indian airspace at about 17:30 IST. The book was written in collaboration with Saurabh Shukla. [14], Captain Devi Sharan (Commander of IC814) recounted the events in a book titled Flight into Fear – A Captain's Story (2000). [10], On December 25, Indian Airlines provided a special relief plane, which flew back 27 passengers who had been released, as well as the body of Rupin Katyal, who had been killed while the plane was in Dubai, and Satnam Singh, who had been attacked by the hijackers in Amritsar and had suffered knife wounds to the neck. They directed the pilot Captain Devi Sharan to fly to Lahore. Later, Tomar was found on the same plane which was hijacked and became the cause of failure of the operation. Take off in 30 seconds or die, they told him. [14] The plane left Amritsar at 7:49 pm, and Captain Sharan announced the departure to the ATC, stating, "We are all dying. [13] The Crisis Management Group of the Indian Government, led by Union Secretary Prabhat Kumar, did not convene on receiving the news that the plane had been hijacked, and information concerning the hijacking was not communicated at that time to the Intelligence Bureau or the Research and Analysis Wing. Following this, Pakistani ATC turned on navigational aids and allowed the plane to land in Lahore at 8:07 pm. The scrapping was handled via Metal Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC). [17] The then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was kept in the dark until around 7:00 pm, a full hour and 40 minutes since the hijacking of IC 814 and he came to know about the hijacking only after disembarking from the aircraft in the VIP bay of Palam Technical Area. Captain Devi Sharan (Commander of IC814) recounted the events in a book titled Flight into Fear – A Captain's Story (2000). [18] Indian Foreign Office officials reached out for confirmation of reports that passengers on board had been killed, but did not receive a response from Pakistani authorities regarding this. Captain Devi Sharan is a true hero who stuck to his duty despite the biggest threat- the threat to life, not just his own but also to the lives of those he was responsible for. [13], Negotiations did not progress, as Taliban officials initially refused to allow Indian special forces to attempt a covert operation, and declined to allow their own special forces to do so as well. Prakash Raj, who played a villain in the Salman Khan-starrer Wanted directed by Prabhu Deva, has now become a sought-after actor in Bollywood too. Pakistani forces turned off runway lights again to prevent the plane from departing after it had been refuelled, and surrounded the plane with special forces commandos. Three and a half years after the hijacking, the hijacked aircraft was later sold as scrap by Indian Airlines in May 2003, subsequently being broken up and scrapped in Mumbai in December 2003. After alerting air traffic control, flight captain Devi Sharan slowed down the aircraft speed by 40 per cent. [14], Home Minister L. K. Advani had opposed exchanging the hostages for release of the hijackers, as this would affect public opinion of the government, while External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh advocated negotiation with the Taliban. All Rights Reserved. [Washington Post, 9/27/2004; Rashid, 2008, pp. However, The captain flew to Amritsar citing insufficient fuel and persuaded the hijackers to allow him to land the plane at Amritsar. Captain Devi Sharan was the pilot of the plane and Anil Sharma was the chief flight attendant. [3], On December 25 and 26, India discussed their approach to negotiations internally, while passengers on board Flight IC 814 awaited a decision. [18], The aircraft took off for Dubai, where 27 passengers aboard the flight were released. [32] However, CBI moved Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding the death penalty (instead of life imprisonment) for Abdul Latif. Bought by Airbus in May 2002, the aircraft was then stored at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in March 2003. [15] Although he had recently stepped down as Inspector-General of Police in the area, J.P. Birdi met up with the plane, since his successor, Bakshi Ram, was on leave when the incident occurred. [13], By this time, the hostages had been allowed to deboard the plane by the hijackers, and the hijackers had also surrendered their weapons. The hijackers directed the pilot Captain Devi Sharan to fly to Lahore initially. The hull is believed to have fetched 22 lakh. At around 5:30 PM when the plane was in Indian … Author: Captain Devi Sharan with Srinjoy Chowdhury: The Captain’s account brings to vivid life the horror of seven days inside the hijacked IC 814, on its way from Kathmandu to Delhi. The airhostess will file a detailed complaint with the National Commission for Women (NCW), seeking a probe against Sharan, who is now executive director (operations) with the airline. Flight Engineer Anil K. Jaggia also wrote a book specifically depicting the events that unfolded during the hijacking ordeal titled IC 814 Hijacked! The hostage crisis lasted for seven days and ended after India agreed to release three terrrorists – Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and Masood Azhar. [13], Later, it was revealed that there were efforts by ex-RAW chief AS Dulat and others to cover up the real motives of why the plane was not immobilised and why there were no commando-operation to neutralise the threat. [10], Shortly after the flight left Kathmandu, senior steward Anil Sharma was accosted by a man wearing a ski mask, who told him that the plane was being hijacked and that he was carrying a bomb. [20][14], After the aircraft landed in Kandahar, Taliban authorities offered to mediate between India and the hijackers, which India believed initially. })(document, 'script', '//aff.bstatic.com/static/affiliate_base/js/flexiproduct.js'); Copyright © 2017 National Herald News. Booking.com Taliban militiamen fighters encircled the aircraft to prevent any Indian military intervention,[4][5] which was found by current National Security Advisor Ajit Doval when he landed there. Devi Sharan (Author) › Visit Amazon's Devi Sharan Page. [13] To prevent any military action, Taliban officials surrounded the aircraft with tanks, and on December 27, a Taliban official speaking to a local newspaper stated that the hijackers should either leave Afghanistan or put down their weapons. Your email address will not be published. s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; The hijackers ordered the aircraft to be flown to a series of locations: Amritsar, Lahore and Dubai. The Director-General of Police for the state of Punjab, Sarabjeet Singh, later stated that he only received information regarding the hijacking when he saw it on television at 6 pm that evening. [citation needed], Returned to Indian Airlines in January 2000, the nearly 20-year-old Airbus aircraft was "retired" from flying (pulled out of flying operations) in early 2001, and remained at the Indian Airlines engineering base in Santa Cruz, Mumbai. Reports at that time suggested that the pilot flew to Lahore, Pakistan clearly worried about the possible consequences of an Indian hijacked plane on its territory, refused permission. I died many times, at least when I took of from Amritsar. [13] A note sent to the local committee advised them to ensure the delay by any possible means, including deflating the aircraft tires if necessary. 381 жактыруу. [31][failed verification] On February 5, 2008, a special anti-hijacking Patiala House Court sentenced all three accused, namely Abdul Latif, Yusuf Nepali, and Dilip Kumar Bhujel, to life imprisonment. The Inside Story. [14], At 7:45 pm, local Punjab Police Commandos were placed on standby and ordered by the Crisis Management Group to accompany the fuel-reloading vehicles towards the plane, with the intention of deflating the plane tires in order to immobilize the plane. They were charged with helping the hijackers in procuring fake passports and taking weapons on board. [41], External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh also received criticism for praising the Taliban for their co-operation after the hostages had been returned. Rupin had died before the aircraft landed in Al Minhad Air Base, in Dubai. Initially it was thought that the Taliban was on the Indian side,[citation needed] but later it became apparent that they were working in collaboration with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). [30], The case was investigated by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which charged 10 people (out of whom seven, including the five hijackers, were still absconding and are in Pakistan). C aptain Devi Sharan -- commander of the hijacked Flight 814 -- has been a busy man. [15][13] These orders had been received by the committee from the Central Government at 6:40 pm, however, a phone call received with contradictory orders delayed initial response. [19] India's lack of previous contact with the Taliban regime complicated the negotiating process. Air India(AI) has sacked Simrath Chopra, the employee who had charged Captain Devi Sharan with harassment. Devi Sharan, Srinjoy Chowdhury. The book was written in collaboration with Saurabh Shukla. Captain Devi Sharan had no option but to give in to the terrorists “They had started killing the passengers. MUMBAI; 18th March 2019: Captain Devi Sharan had planned to spend the last Christmas Eve of the millennium with his family on vacation, when he got pulled out last minute to fly the now infamous flight of IC 814. At 6:30 pm, the Indian High Command in Pakistani requested permission for the plane to land there, but was denied. Passenger accounts indicated that the hijackers asked the passengers to show their gratitude to the Afghanistan government, following which money was collected and handed to one of the passengers, Anuj Sharma, who was instructed to use it to commission a memento of the hijacking for a museum in Kandahar. Indian authorities wanted Indian commandos trained in hijack rescue to assault the aircraft but the UAE government refused permission. [17] According to RAW officer, R K Yadav, author of Mission R&AW, days before the hijacking, UV Singh, another RAW operative in Kathmandu informed Tomar that Pakistani terrorists were planning to hijack an Indian plane and he ordered Singh to check the veracity of his report where Singh vouched for its reliability but Tomar rebuked him and told him not to spread rumours. He allegedly provided travel papers to the hijackers. Sana Khan, Revv partners with Mobileye to make its cars safer, Brazil to Step-up Strategic Technological Partnership with India in Agribusiness. The Kandahar hijacking is a film that will hold many lessons and important reminders for all of us especially given the tumultuous times we are in today.” [3], The motive for the hijacking apparently was to secure the release of Islamist figures held in prison in India. [15], At 6:44 pm, flight IC 814 began descent over the nearest airport in Amritsar, following a message from Captain Sharan, and was approached by local officials. ." [5][4] IB chief Ajit Doval claimed that the hijackers were getting active ISI support in Kandahar and that the ISI had removed all the pressure the Indians were trying to put on the hijackers, meaning that their safe exit was guaranteed and they had no need to negotiate an escape route. [43], Riedel, Bruce. Account of the hijacking of Indian Airlines aircarft from Delhi to Kathmandu and back on Dec. 1999. Radha Mohan did a lot of research while writing the script. Earlier, India's most celebrated pilot, who flew the IC-814 that was hijacked and taken to Kandahar a decade ago, came under a cloud. On receiving this order, the tanker came to an abrupt halt. Instantly, he ran into a stocky man in a grey suit and a red monkey cap. 1 Review. Since India did not recognise the Taliban regime, it dispatched an official from its High Commission in Islamabad to Kandahar. For Captain Devi Sharan, IC 814 from Kathmandu to Delhi was another routine flight, bringing home honeymooners, holiday-makers and businessmen, special only in that it was the last Christmas Eve of the millennium and he was to go on vacation with his family. One of the passengers on board was Roberto Giori, the then-owner of De La Rue Giori, a company which controlled the majority of the world's currency-printing business at the time. Also, Abdul Latif's application for parole was rejected in 2015. Devi Sharan. [13] Indian officials interpreted this statement as an understanding that Taliban officials would arrest the hijackers if they surrendered, and began to negotiate with them concerning their demands. The Flight Purser, Anil Sharma, has also written a detailed report of the hijack based on his experience in his book, IA's Terror Trail. They appealed against this sentence to the Supreme Court of India. [39][40] Doval, the IB chief, who led the four-member negotiating team to Kandahar, described the whole incident as a, "diplomatic failure," of the government in their inability to make the US and the UAE use their influence to help secure a quick release of the passengers. The three have since been implicated in other terrorist actions, such as the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl and the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. [13] Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar was released from a Srinagar prison and flown with Sheikh and Azhar to Kandahar. Captain Sharan later stated that he had hoped that with the assistance of Indian government, the hijacking would be prevented and that the plane would not have to take off again from Amritsar. A message from Kandahar ATC was circulated to the public, stating that the plane was being regularly cleaned, and that the passengers were being provided with food, water, and entertainment; this was later proven to be false, according to passenger accounts. The hijackers had refused to communicate with local police officials while the plane was in Amritsar. See search results for this author. I had to save them. Flying to the USA to collect an air safety award. Devi Sharan was the captain of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC 814) which was hijacked on Friday, December 24, 1999. Sahay from the Cabinet Secretariat. [21][22], However, the intention of the Taliban was under doubt after its armed fighters surrounded the aircraft. The hijackers instructed Captain Devi Sharan to, "fly west", and accordingly the flight entered Pakistani air space, but was refused permission to land in Lahore, Pakistan, by Pakistani Air Traffic Control. [13] On December 27, the Indian government sent a team of negotiators headed by Vivek Katju, Joint-Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, along with Home Ministry official Ajit Doval and S.D. [1][2][3]. “20 years on, IC 814 Continues to Haunt me ..” Captain Devi Sharan. The hijackers, jumpy and brusque, shoved the nose of the gun to the pilot's head. [11][12], Subsequent intelligence reports indicated that the hijackers had purchased five tickets on the flight in Kathmandu; two first class tickets were bought directly, while three economy seats were bought through a travel agency. [15], On landing, IC 814 requested immediate refuelling for the aircraft. CAPTAIN DEVI SHARAN: I took risk of, you know, that when I calculate a runway for 7,500 feet -- JONATHAN HARLEY: He'll be back in the cockpit within a week, … What he hadn’t anticipated was that 40 minutes into the … Devi Sharan was the captain of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC 814) which was hijacked on Friday, December 24, 1999. Biography. Talking to newsmen. In the … [15] Five passengers had been placed in seats towards the front with their hands bound, and the hijackers threatened that these hostages would be executed if the plane did not take off immediately. p.parentNode.insertBefore(s,p); I took the risk of flying without enough fuel.” The hijack of IC-814 is recalled as one of the direst moments in the history of India. Doval also mentioned that if the hijackers were not getting active ISI support in Kandahar then India could have resolved the hijacking. DECEMBER 24, 1999; 4:12PM IST. [citation needed], The 2003 Bollywood film Zameen is loosely based upon the IC 814 hijacking and also Operation Entebbe of the Israel Defense Forces in Uganda. DEVI SHARAN, INDIAN AIRLINES PILOT: I died many times. A model of the plane, complete with seat numbers, was created to be produced in court and a court official was trained to assemble it, as it was unwieldy. [11][16] In accordance with hijacking contingency plans prepared by the Crisis Management Group, a local committee consisting of the District Collector, the senior-most police and intelligence officials, and the airport manager had been created; they were instructed to delay the refuelling of the plane for as long as possible. Captain Sharan was the pilot of IC 814, the aircraft … Flight purser Anil Sharma finished serving tea to Captain Devi Sharan and copilot Rajinder Kumar and came out of the cockpit. 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