1984 Indian Airlines Airbus A300 hijacking

Indian Airlines Airbus A300
	A Indian Airlines A300, similar to the aircraft involved in the hijack
Hijacking
Date	24 August 1984
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Airbus A300
Operator	Indian Airlines
Flight origin	Chandigarh
Destination	Srinagar
Fatalities	0

On 24 August 1984, Seven young hijackers demanded an Indian Airlines jetliner Airbus A300, on a domestic flight from Chandigarh to Srinagar with 100 passengers on board, be flown to the United States. The plane was taken to Lahore and then to Karachi and finally to Dubai where the defense minister of UAE negotiated the release of the passengers.

The PTI had quoted the hijackers as raising the slogans of "Long Live Khalistan."[1]

It was related to the secessionist struggle in the Indian state of Punjab where the khalistani separatist were active. The Sikh hijackers wanted to bring alleged atrocities towards Sikh community in limelight. They demanded a separate country for Sikhs[2] The Khalistan movement is an active separatist movement in Punjab and UK where Sikh community openly asks for a different country for Sikh people(Khalistan). [3]

References

"Sikh extremists hijacked an Indian Airlines plane with 264". 1984. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
Stevens, William K. (6 July 1984). "Indian Jet Carrying 264 Hijacked to Pakistan, Reportedly by Sikhs". New York Times. p. A2. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
Kiessling, Hein (2016). Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781849048637. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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[UPI_Hijack-1] "Sikh extremists hijacked an Indian Airlines plane with 264". 1984. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[Nyt_IA_hijack1984-2] Stevens, William K. (6 July 1984). "Indian Jet Carrying 264 Hijacked to Pakistan, Reportedly by Sikhs". New York Times. p. A2. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[Kiessling-3] Kiessling, Hein (2016). Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781849048637. Retrieved 2 October 2018.