'Father was on hijacked plane,' EAM Jaishankar recalls IC 814 controversy

'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

“My Father Was On Flight”: S Jaishankar Recalls 1984 Hijack

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared a personal experience involving a hijacking incident from 1984, during a community event in Geneva on Friday. While responding to a question regarding the recently released series IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack, Jaishankar recounted how his own father, K Subrahmanyam, was a passenger on a hijacked Indian Airlines flight. The flight was hijacked on July 5, 1984, had taken off from Pathankot and was event…

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

Amid IC 814 controversy, MEA Jaishankar recalls father on hijacked flight in 1984

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar shared a personal connection to a 1984 hijacking incident during a community event in Geneva. He revealed that his father was on the hijacked flight, while he was part of the team handling the crisis. The incident ended peacefully with all passengers released unharmed.

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…