IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack: What Is The Real Story Of Vijay Varma Starrer?

IC814 is in trouble as netizens are slamming director Anubhav Sinha for changing the names of hijackers in the series.

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Over the content row in IC814: The Kandahar Hijack, Ministry of Information&Broadcasting has summoned the Netflix Content Head.

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1. On December 24, 1999, five masked terrorists hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC814 as it took off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and was en route to Delhi.

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Pilot of the plane Captain Devi Sharan was forced to fly the hijacked flight to Lahore in Pakistan.

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After the flight IC814 landed in Amritsar, a ploy was planned to delay the takeoff, but was unsuccessful.

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The aircraft flew to Dubai and finally to Kandahar, where the negotiations took place.

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After a week, the Indian government released three high-profile terrorists in exchange for the hostages.

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7. The incident took place when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India, Jaswant Singh was the Foreign Minister.

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