Narrative:
The F-27 Friendship was hijacked on January 30 while flying over Nagrota, India. Two hijackers entered the cockpit, armed with a revolver and a grenade. The Friendship, with 32 on board, was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan.
The hijackers were members of the Jammu and Kashmir National Liberation Front (NLF).
Three days later, both hijackers set the plane afire.
Damaged on the ground
» Indian Airports (Shocking Ground Realities) / By Kishin R. Wadhwaney, 2004
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 2 February 1971 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DMA |
| MSN: | 10171 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21091 |
| Cycles: | 17638 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lahore Airport (LHE) ( Pakistan)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Srinagar Airport (SXR/VISR), India |
| Jammu-Satwari Airport (IXJ/VIJU), India |
The F-27 Friendship was hijacked on January 30 while flying over Nagrota, India. Two hijackers entered the cockpit, armed with a revolver and a grenade. The Friendship, with 32 on board, was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan.
The hijackers were members of the Jammu and Kashmir National Liberation Front (NLF).
Three days later, both hijackers set the plane afire.
Classification:
HijackDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Willem Wendt» Indian Airports (Shocking Ground Realities) / By Kishin R. Wadhwaney, 2004
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Srinagar Airport to Jammu-Satwari Airport as the crow flies is 143 km (90 miles).
Distance from Srinagar Airport to Jammu-Satwari Airport as the crow flies is 143 km (90 miles).
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