IC123 landed after circling Lahore, a man came as a pilot, passengers were terrified

Plane Hijack Story Series: Indian Airlines flight IC-123 had taken off from Delhi’s Palam Airport with about 135 passengers and crew members for its destination. This flight was to reach Srinagar via Amritsar. This plane reached Amritsar on time and then left for Srinagar from there. Shortly after takeoff, a person got up from his seat and entered the cockpit of the plane. This person had something in his hand, which he had wrapped in a cloth.

As soon as he entered the cockpit, this person threatened the flight’s captain VK Mehta and said – the plane has been hijacked… now this plane will not go to Srinagar but to Lahore. When the captain tried to say something, this person showed the thing in his hand and said that if you do not listen to me, I will blow up the plane with a hand grenade. The captain had no option left, so he turned the plane towards Lahore. By now the captain had given the signal to the air traffic control that the flight had been hijacked.

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The plane kept circling over Lahore for 40 minutes
At the same time, as soon as the hijack signal was received, all the Indian security agencies and diplomatic channels had started working. The air traffic control radars had by now indicated that the plane had moved towards Lahore. Meanwhile, pressure had been put on Pakistan through diplomatic channels to not let this Indian Airlines plane land in Lahore at any cost. By now, the crew and passengers on board the plane had also come to know that their flight had been hijacked by a terrorist.

The plane kept circling over Lahore for about 40 minutes, but the Pakistani authorities did not allow the plane to land at Lahore airport. Now the plane did not have enough fuel left to circle in the sky for longer. Meanwhile, the plane became a victim of bird hit. Seeing the two emergencies, the pilot contacted Delhi Air Traffic Control and told the hijacker that he was talking to Lahore Air Traffic Control. It was decided between the officials present at Delhi ATC and the pilot that the plane would now land in Amritsar.

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The passenger was terrified to see the fight that started in the plane
After the conversation with Delhi ATC was over, the captain told the hijacker that permission to land at Lahore airport has been granted and he is about to land in a few minutes. Only after the plane landed did the hijacker come to know that the plane had landed at Amritsar airport and not Lahore. Now the hijacker could not make any excuse even if he wanted to. The negotiation process was started with the hijacker. Initially, the hijacker put a condition to talk only to people connected with Punjab politics. But his demand was not accepted. Finally, Prakash Singh Majitha came for talks.

During the negotiation process, the hijacker was persuaded to let go of the women and children on board. The hijacker sent 51 women and three children off the plane. Meanwhile, an inspector of Punjab Police wearing a pilot’s uniform managed to enter the plane. He made some gestures to Captain VK Mehta and asked him to distract the hijacker. As soon as the hijacker’s attention was diverted, the inspector caught him. The passengers were terrified for a moment watching the wrestling between the inspector and the hijacker.

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Indian Airlines plane was hijacked with a rubber ball
They were afraid that the hijacker might get angry with this act and pull out the pin of the hand grenade. Before the hijacker could do so, some passengers gathered courage and started helping the inspector in catching the hijacker. After a four-hour long struggle, the hijacker was now in the custody of Punjab Police. When the hand grenade found with the hijacker was examined, it was found that it was not a hand grenade but a rubber ball. During interrogation, it was found that the hijacker’s name was Gurbaksh Singh and he was a resident of Kurukshetra district. He had hijacked the plane to release some religious extremists.

Fortunately, due to the intelligence of Captain VK Mehta and the intelligence of the Punjab Police Inspector, this plane hijacking attempt on 4 August 1982 was foiled. Also, all the 135 passengers and crew on board the plane were rescued safely. Let us tell you here that out of the 135 passengers on board this plane, 70 passengers were foreign nationals.

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