US Edition'Father was on hijacked plane,' EAM Jaishankar recalls IC 814 controversy
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar revealed his father was on a hijacked flight in 1984, providing him with insights from both family and government perspectives.
- Jaishankar discovered his father, K. Subrahmanyam, was on the hijacked flight while he was preparing to return home.
- The hijacked flight ultimately landed in Dubai without any fatalities, as Jaishankar expressed relief it did not escalate further.
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'Father was on hijacked plane,' EAM Jaishankar recalls IC 814 controversy
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar on Friday (Sep 13), shared his personal experience in connection with a hijacking incident of 1984, saying that he was a young officer in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and while serving, he found out that his father was on the hijacked plane. Jaishankar was speaking at a community event on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. He revealed this while answering questions about the recently released Ne
Jaishankar reveals his father was on hijacked flight in 1984
Mr. Jaishankar told the audience how as a young officer then, he was part of the team dealing with the hijack situation on the one hand and on the other, he was part of the group of families putting pressure on the government
S Jaishankar: Realised father on hijacked plane, while handling 1984 crisis
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recalled the time when he was handling a hijacking crisis and discovered that his father was on that hijacked flight. Jaishankar opened up about the 1984 Indian Airlines plane hijacking as the Netflix series, IC 814 - The Kandahar Hijack, brought back memories of the 1999 hostage-taking incident.
"Discovered My Father Was On Flight": S Jaishankar Recalls 1984 Hijack
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday revealed that his father was on a hijacked flight in 1984 and said he had a unique window on "both sides" in such situations - the perspective of family members and those in the government. Mr Jaishankar was answering a question during a community event in Geneva about the recently released television series on the hijacking of IC-814 in 1999. Mr Jaishankar told the audience how as a young officer…
India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made such a disclosure in a recent event held in Switzerland, which has surprised everyone. He said that his father was also on board the IC-421 aircraft which was hijacked in 1984. According to him, a few hours after discovering about the plane hijack incident, he called his mother and told him that he could not come home because the IC-421 aircraft had been hijacked. Then he found out that his fa…
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