Flight IC 814 incident: Indian Airlines gets hijacked and diverted to Kabul, from Kathmandu

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The agonised flyers on-board the ill-fated IC814 hijacked flight from Kathmandu to Kabul leave the plane in a daze, wearing blankets and boarding the bus to the airport terminal. Mothers carry their children in in their arms. Tourists on a visit from Delhi to Kathmandu had to deal with so much on their way back that it must have altered their lives and must continue to traumatise them to the present time. Jailed Pakistani terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar was to be released by the Indian side in lieu of the safe release and return of the plane's passengers Extremely low on fuel, the plane touched town in Kabul after circling over Lahore in Pakistan. The body of Rupen Katyal is recovered from the plane. The aeroplane was later sold at auction for it was no longer fit for regular service. This