IC 814 Hijacked - The Inside Story

Author: Anil K Jaggia
Saurabh Shukla/
Publisher: Roli Books
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 223
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817436109X

Description

A blow-by-blow eyewitness account by Flt.. Engineer Anil who breaks the silence around the hijacking with investigative reporting by Senior Correspondent Saurabh of the Indian Express.

What was the intelligence failure that led to the hijacking of Indian Airlines' flight IC 814 from Kathmandu? Could the aircraft have been stoppedd at Amritsar airport? Was a commando raid planned on the aircraft? How was Rupin Katyal killed? Was the plane's destination always intended to be Kandhar? Was it merely prophetic that the hijackers had predicted the end of all negotiations on the millennium eve?

These and other questions are answered in this eye-witness account by one who was in the cockpit with assistance from investigative reporter of a national daily..