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IC814
HIJACKED!

Anil K. Jaggia, 58, operated hijacked flight IC 814 as its Flight Engineer. He is Chief of Flight Engineering with Indian Airlines, and has 20,000 flight hours experience as Flight Engineer. An Instructor and Examiner Flight Engineer on the Airbus A300 aircraft, he received his technical education at ATTI (Air Technical Training Institute), Calcutta, and is also a graduate of the 35th Air Transport Course at Oxford, UK.

Saurabh Shukla, 27, IS an investigative journalist with The Indian Express. A Masters in International Studies from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, he was a British Chevening Scholar at the Centre for Security Studies, University of Hull, UK. He completed his second Masters in Security Studies in 1999. While in UK he did a course on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. He has been nominated as a fellow by 21st Century Trust, London.

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Anil K. ]aggia 2000
Saurabh Shukla 2000
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the publisher.

This edition first published 2000
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ISBN: 81-7436-109-X

Text Editor: Kishore Singh
Cover Design: Inkspot
Back Cover: Courtesy AFP (Agency France Press)

Dedication

On December 24, 1999, the passengers and crew of Indian Airlines Flight le 814 were taken hostage by a group ofjive hijackers.As the nation watched the horror unfold, three passengers were stabbed. Two of them survived their injuries, but Rupin Katyal succumbed to this brutal act of terrorism.

This book is dedicated to the memory of his tragic death that robbed a father of an only son, and a bride of her twenty-day-old husband.

Acknowledgements

I would like to sincerely acknowledge the constant help and encouragement extended by my wife, Kusum and daughters Anupama and Aparna; my mother Shanti Jaggia for her blessings,and my nephew Manoj for his help. Special thanks are due to Madhu Dayal, S.S. Panesar, Y.K. Singh, O.P. Mahendroo, S.N Nigam, D. Sharan,R.N Tandon, Rajinder Kumar, Anil Sharma, M.P. Aggarwal and my dear friends and colleagues at Indian Airlines. My gratitude to Kishore Singh for his expert editing and my appreciation to Mr Pramod Kapoor and his entire team at Roli Books.

Anil Jaggia

I would like to thank Ma and Papa for showing me the way, Chhaya and Devendra Narain for their constant encouragement, Prriti for bringing out the best in me, and Shweta and Anup for their support.

Thanks are also due to all those senior colleagues at The Indian Express and friends who gave their valuable insights, to Dr Amitabh Mattoo for his useiu! comments on the draft, to the entire team at Roli Books that burned the midnight oil with us) and especially to Pramod Kapoorfor ensuring that the book came out in record time. A special thanks to Kishore Singh for giving the book itsfinal shape.

Saurabh Shukla

Contents

HONEYMOON GONE SOUR

BLOOD IN THE AISLES

CHRISTMAS IN KANDAHAR

OPENING A CHANNEL TO THE TALIBAN

WAITING FOR RELIEF

MAKING LOVE TO THE ROGUES

BLIND DATE

WAR OF NERVES

THE FINAL DEAL

POSTSCRIPT

BLUNDERS GALORE

IC814: The Inside View

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