Catastrophe aérienne

1971 Indian Airlines hijacking

30 janv. 1971 · 33.99° N, 74.77° E

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30 janv. 1971
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Catastrophe aérienne
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33.99° N, 74.77° E
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hijacking of Indian Airlines domestic passenger airliner

1971 Indian Airlines hijacking

Aviation incident

On 30 January 1971, an Indian Airlines Fokker F27, named Ganga, flying from Srinagar to Jammu, was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the National Liberation Front (NLF). The aircraft was flown to Lahore Airport in Pakistan, where the passengers and the crew were released, and was burnt down three days later. The hijackers were later identified as Hashim Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf Qureshi.

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