IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is based on a real-life incident from December 1999.
On December 24, Indian Airlines flight 814 was hijacked by five armed terrorists.
The hijackers belonged to terror outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
The flight took off from the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu for Delhi..
With over 175 passengers on board, the flight entered Taliban-governed Kandahar, Afghanistan.
For next 7 days, it stopped at Amritsar and across the Persian Gulf to Dubai.
Hijackers demanded the release of 36 terrorists held in Indian jails.
Devi Sharan, the pilot of IC 814, played a key role in the safe return of the passengers.
One of the passengers, Rupan Katyal, was killed by the hijackers.
After negotiations, Indian government released 3 high-profile terrorists.