1971 Indian Airlines hijacking
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title:
1971 Indian Airlines hijacking
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On 30 January 1971, an Indian Airlines domestic Fokker F27, also named "Ganga", flying from Srinagar Airport to the Jammu-Satwari Airport, was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the National Liberation Front. The hijackers were Hashim Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf Qureshi. The aircraft was flown to Lahore Airport in Pakistan where the passengers and the crew were released and the aircraft was burnt down. Ganga was one of the oldest aircraft in the Indian Airlines fleet and was alr
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Aviation incident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Indian_Airlines_hijacking
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2011-07-04T13:23:59Z
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2024-09-08T12:07:55Z
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