1971 Indian Airlines hijacking
On 30 January 1971 an Indian Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft named Ganga flying from Srinagar to Jammu was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Hashim Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf Butt. It was flown to Lahore, Pakistan where the passengers and crew were released and the aircraft was burnt on 1 February 1971. Ganga was one of the oldest aircraft in the Indian Airlines fleet and was already withdrawn from service but was re-inducted days before the hijacking.
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1971 Indian Airlines hijacking
On 30 January 1971 an Indian Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft named Ganga flying from Srinagar to Jammu was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Hashim Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf Butt. It was flown to Lahore, Pakistan where the passengers and crew were released and the aircraft was burnt on 1 February 1971. Ganga was one of the oldest aircraft in the Indian Airlines fleet and was already withdrawn from service but was re-inducted days before the hijacking.
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On 30 January 1971 an Indian A ...... ted days before the hijacking.
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