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Aircraft hijackings in Asia

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Indian Airlines Flight 814

Indian Airlines Flight 814, commonly known as IC 814, was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 that was hijacked on 24 December 1999 by five members of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The passenger flight, en route from Kathmandu to Delhi, was taken over shortly after it entered Indian airspace at about 16:53 IST. The aircraft had 190 occupants: 179 passengers and 11 crew members including Captain Devi Sharan, First Officer Rajinder Kumar, and Flight Engineer Anil Kumar Jaggia.

Malaysian Airline System Flight 653

1977 aviation hijacking

Aeroflot Flight 6833

Aeroflot Flight 244

Iraqi Airways Flight 163

aviation accident caused by hijacker's hand grenade

Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking

aircraft hijacking in 1969

Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1977)

airliner hijacking

British Airways Flight 149

hostage situation

2000 Airstan incident

1990s hostage-taking incident

Kuwait Airways Flight 422

aircraft hijacking

Philippine Airlines Flight 812

aircraft hijacking

Aeroflot Flight 3739

plane crash caused by hijacker

Singapore Airlines Flight 117

aircraft hijacking

Yemenia Flight 448

aircraft hijacking

Yakutsk United Air Group Flight 101/435

aircraft hijacking

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 147

hijacked flight

Kish Air Flight 707

1995 aircraft hijacking

Garuda Indonesia Flight 206

aircraft hijacking