list of hijacks in india following is the chronology of hijackings in india. dec 24, 1999: indian airlines kathmandu-delhi airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off to lahore. lahore denies permission to land and the plane finally touches down at amritsar. jan 13, 1994: indian airlines bangalore-madras a-320 airbus with 56 passengers, 7 crew hijacked. the hijacker wanted marathwada university to be renamed after dr. b. r. ambedkar. april 24,1993: delhi-srinagar ia boeing 737 with 141 passengers and six crew members hijacked to amritsar. hijacker wanted it to be diverted to kabul. april 10,1993: indian airlines lucknow-delhi flight ic-436 hijacked by four college students, demanding that the problems plauging lucknow arts college be resolved lands at amausi airport. march 27,1993: an indian airlines hyderabad-lucknow-delhi flight ic-439 hijacked by hari singh. landed at rajasansi airport, amritsar. jan 22, 1993: a patna-lucknow-delhi indian airlines flight ic-810, hijacked by satish chandra pandey shortly after take-off. he surrendered at the instance of present prime minister a.b. vajpayee. major aircraft hijackings three hijacked planes crashed into us landmarks on september 11, destroying new york's world trade centre and plunging into the pentagon. a fourth hijacked aircraft crashed near pittsburgh. a total of 266 people are thought to have died in the four aircraft. following is a chronology of some major plane hijacks: feb 1931 -- first recorded hijacking of an airliner took place in peru. july 1948 -- first hijacking in asia, when four chinese hijackers boarded a cathay pacific plane from macau to hong kong. the pilot and co-pilot were killed and the plane crashed into the sea, killing 25. april 1958 -- start of the "cuban shuttle". a cubana airlines plane was flown to mexico, starting a two-way flow of hijacked planes between cuba and the united states and mexico. aug 1960-- first reported hijacking in the soviet union. no details emerged. july 1968 -- three palestinian guerrillas seized an israeli el-al plane in rome on july 23 and forced it to algiers. algeria held 22 israeli hostages and the plane. it freed the plane and the final 12 hostages after 40 days in captivity in return for israel's release of 16 palestinians. sept 1970 -- palestinian guerrillas hijacked three airliners -- one twa, one swissair and one boac -- forcing them to land in jordan where the planes were blown up. all hostages were released in exchange for palestinan prisoners. sept 1974 -- air vietnam plane was hijacked by a man who detonated two hand grenades. all 70 aboard died. july 1976 -- four hijackers took an air france airbus with 244 passengers and 12 crew. all but 105 israeli and jewish hostages were released before arrival at entebbe, uganda. seven days later israeli commandos staged a rescue operation killing the hijackers. three passengers were killed. oct 1977 -- four palestinian guerrillas hijacked a german lufthansa airliner. the pilot was killed before the five-day ordeal ended at mogadishu when west german commandos stormed the plane, killing three hijackers and freeing 86 hostages. feb 1978 -- two arab guerrillas seized an airliner at larnaca, cyprus. egyptian commandos flew in uninvited to try to storm the plane during negotiations. cyprus national guardsmen resisted them and 15 egyptians died in a 45-minute battle. june 1985 -- two lebanese shi'ite gunmen hijacked a twa flight from athens with 153 aboard. syrian mediation helped end the hijack 16 days later when the last 39 hostages were freed at beirut airport. one american was shot dead during the hijack. nov 1985 -- palestinians hijacked an egyptair plane to malta. egyptian commandos stormed the plane and 59 people were killed. sept 1986 -- pakistani forces stormed a pan am boeing 747 with 400 passengers and crew, killing 22 people and ending a 16-hour siege after four palestinian guerrillas boarded in karachi. april 1988 -- five arab gunmen seized a kuwait airways 747 carrying 115 passengers and killed two kuwaitis. the hijacking ended on april 20 in algiers. oct 1990 -- hijackers seized a chinese airways boeing 737 with 94 passengers and 10 crew. it crashed as it tried to land in guangzhou, killing 128. dec 1994 -- four muslim fundamentalist gunmen seized an air france airbus 300 with 227 passengers and 12 crew. after hijackers killed three people and released 63, the plane flew to marseilles, where paramilitary forces stormed it, killing the four hijackers and wounding 25 people. nov 1996 -- at least 125 people were killed when a hijacked ethiopian airlines jet crashed in the indian ocean. there were 175 people aboard. dec 1999 -- six hijackers seized an indian airlines plane flying from nepal to new delhi with 183 passengers and crew. hijackers released 28 hostages and the body of one man stabbed to death. they freed the remaining 154 hostages after india agreed to release three jailed kashmiri militants. july 2000 -- a syrian exploded a grenade on a jordanian airliner during a failed hijacking. the man, who wanted to go to germany to seek asylum, was shot dead after his stun grenade wounded 15 passengers. march, 2001 -- a russian vnukovo airlines tupolev 154 en route from istanbul to moscow with 162 passengers and 12 crew was forced to fly to saudi arabia after hijackers demanding an end to war in rebel chechnya seized the plane. saudi commandos raided the plane at medina, killing one hijacker. a russian flight attendant and a turkish passenger were killed.