DECEMBER 24, 1999 : (IC 814 INDIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM KATHMANDU NEPAL TO NEW DELHI INDIA IS HIJACKED — See HuM) Indian Airlines Airbus Hijacking, : Five militants hijacked a flight bound from Kathmandu to New Delhi carrying 189 people. The plane and its passengers were released unharmed on December 31. -——————— “Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2001,” Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State. October 31, 2001
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Afroz also confirmed that two of the hijackers of the IC 814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi in December 1999 were part of the team that underwent training in Australia. The New York Times has given details of evidence picked up in Kabul showing links between the IC 814 hijackers and the Taliban. The paper said four ticket stubs from the flight, two boarding passes, an Indian Airlines Airbus 300 safety procedure card and a handwritten list of the plane’s passengers were among those found in a hideout in Kabul. The hideout also had notes on nuclear and biological weapons.
The two IC 814 hijackers who trained with Afroz in Australia were Shahid Akhtar Sayeed alias Sandy and Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim alias Zia, both Pakistanis. —— “Bombay terrorist reveals links with IC 814 hijackers,” by Josy Joseph in New Delhi, December 7, 2001 http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/07ter.htm
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