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173 Hours In Captivity: The Hijacking of IC 814 is a 2000 book (ISBN 817223394X) written by Neelesh Misra, a New Delhi-based correspondent of the Associated Press. The book is about the hijacking of an Indian airplane on its flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi that occurred on Christmas eve, December 24, 1999.

Introduction

Happenings and the sequence of events outside the plane (IC 814) is a well documented and familiar story. The book presents the events inside the plane. During their 173 hours of captivity, the passengers and the crew lived and re-lived, experienced and re-experienced many uncomfortable emotions. The book recaptures the sequences which happened inside the Airbus A300.

Inside Airbus A300

Some of the incidents aboard the Airbus that are detailed in the book include:

The behavior of the five masked men, nicknamed Chief, Burger, Doctor, Shankar and Bhola, the gang of five, and how they were enjoying their prey – the Passengers and the crew.

The plight of Rachana Katyal, newlywed bride of Rupin Katyal, whose husband was slashed to bleed, by one of the hijackers, to die a slow and painful death.

The hell inside the plane, with terrified passengers, women as well as men, wetting their clothes on their seats; their "silent cries', fainting and vomiting.

Blackmail

This blackmail by the gang of five paid off and the passengers and the crew were flown back from Kandahar, Afghanistan to New Delhi - the price of their freedom being setting free few terrorists who were held under the lawful custody of the Government of India.

Aftermath

The book purportedly hints at the supposition that India was left alone following the hijacking of IC 814 for a reason: they negotiated with the terrorists, thus appeasing them.

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