INDIA: PILOT OF HIJACKED INDIAN AIRLINES PLANE SPEAKS OF HIS EXPERIENCE DURING THE ORDEAL

Record ID: 979884

  • Title: INDIA: PILOT OF HIJACKED INDIAN AIRLINES PLANE SPEAKS OF HIS EXPERIENCE DURING THE ORDEAL
  • Date: 1st January 2000
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JANUARY 1,200)(ANI - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV: CAPTAIN DEVI SHARAN BEING GREETED WITH FLOWERS BY THE RELATIVES 0.10 2. MV: DEVI SHARAN AND HIS WIFE NAVNEET SHARAN GREETING RELATIVES AT THEIR HOME 0.24 3. MV: RELATIVES TREATING SHARAN WITH SWEETS 0.26 4. SCU: SHARAN 0.33 5. SV: ELDER DAUGHTER DEEKSHA OFFERING SWEETS TO THE GUESTS 0.41 6. SET UP SHOT FOR THE INTERVIEW 0.47 7. VARIOUS OF CAPTAIN SHARAN (2 SHOTS) 0.59 8. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) CAPTAIN SHARAN SAYING: "Instant reaction, he was wearing that monkey cap and I thought that some joker is coming. But immediately I thought that we have been hijacked actually. I saw this revolver it was real revolver I could see some bullets inside, you can see in revolver bullets so I thought all this is true. In the meantime I saw the second man coming in the cockpit. He was just following his instructions. That guy was the chief who came first in cockpit. Then I saw the third man, total I counted five. So everybody was reporting that I have controlled Y class J class, their positions they were telling him, so that everything is under control." 1.48 9. CUT AWAY OF WIFE AND A RELATIVE 1.52 10. CLOSE UP OF WIFE'S FACE 1.57 11. VARIOUS OF RELATIVES LISTENING 2.02 12. CU OF SOUNDMAN LISTENING 2.08 13. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) SHARAN SAYING: "They were putting some pressure. In the meantime they tied some four five passengers. They said we will kill them and in that five minute only two of them were slit from throat. I was not believing so they took my flight engineer back in the J class to show him, and my flight engineer came back and some blood was here on his shoulder and I could see so at that time I was really scared at that time that they mean something." 2.53 14. C/A: REPORTER LISTENING 2.57 15. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) SHARAN SAYING: "Then they said just you move from here, take off. I said I cannot take off from here I am middle of the runway. They said you crash this airplane but you have to take off from here. I had very less fuel in the aircraft but I had to. I opened the power, end of the runway I just lifted and went to Lahore. Lahore airfield was closed, territory everything was closed. They switched off airport lights, runway lights -- everything." 3.23 16. CLOSE UP OF A LITTLE GIRL LISTENING 3.27 17. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) SHARAN SAYING: "I came up to 200 feet, I thought lets not kill them, I opened the power. I just went ahead I thought I will crash it a little ahead. In the meantime they (Pakistani airport officials) no they came to know we have to crash this aeroplane. We didn't have fuel also because both lights were on the reserve. Then they gave me runway so I had about one and half minute of fuel so luckily I was landed on the runway. And then I requested them that take my patients, I have got two patients and take those patients and children and ladies. They said we have refuelled your aircraft and you please get out from here. They refused to take the patient. If they would have taken the patient --- this Mr Katyal would have been saved." 4.21 18. WIDE OF SHARAN 4.29 19. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) SHARAN SAYING: "Its totally false because when all passengers went down, all crew went down flight engineer, co-pilot --- all went down. Then I went back in the aircraft -- went back in the sense I never got down from door only. I checked all toilets, all seats cockpit. Being a commander I was the last person to leave the airplane and nothing was there." 4.59 20. CLOSE UP OF NAVNEET SHARAN 5.03 21. SV: CAPTAIN SHARAN WITH HIS WIFE 5.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
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