GENEVA: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Friday his father was on a hijacked flight in 1984 and he had a unique window on “both sides” in such situations – the perspective of family members and those in the govt.
Jaishankar was answering a question at an event here about a recently released OTT series on the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999.
Jaishankar told the audience how as a young officer then, he was part of the team dealing with the hijack situation on the one hand and on the other, he was part of the group of families putting pressure on the government.
During a session after his address to the Indian community, a member asked the minister about his comments on a recently released OTT series, which he said, showed “bureaucracy and govt dealing with hijacking in poor light.”
With a disclaimer that he had not watched the series, Jaishankar went on to reveal his personal connection with the hijacking incident.
“In 1984 there was a hijacking. I was a very young officer. I was part of the team which was dealing with it. I rang up my mother, actually, to tell her, ‘Look, I can’t come. There’s a hijacking,” he said. “And then I discovered, my father was on the flight. The flight ended up in Dubai…fortunately, nobody got killed,” he added. agencies
Jaishankar was answering a question at an event here about a recently released OTT series on the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999.
Jaishankar told the audience how as a young officer then, he was part of the team dealing with the hijack situation on the one hand and on the other, he was part of the group of families putting pressure on the government.
During a session after his address to the Indian community, a member asked the minister about his comments on a recently released OTT series, which he said, showed “bureaucracy and govt dealing with hijacking in poor light.”
With a disclaimer that he had not watched the series, Jaishankar went on to reveal his personal connection with the hijacking incident.
“In 1984 there was a hijacking. I was a very young officer. I was part of the team which was dealing with it. I rang up my mother, actually, to tell her, ‘Look, I can’t come. There’s a hijacking,” he said. “And then I discovered, my father was on the flight. The flight ended up in Dubai…fortunately, nobody got killed,” he added. agencies
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