1984 Indian Airlines Airbus A300 hijacking
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."
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 The Khalistan movement is an active separatist movement in Punjab and UK where Sikh community openly asks for a different country for Sikh people.
