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'''''173 Hours In Captivity: The Hijacking of IC 814''''' is a 2000 book ({{ISBN|81-7223-394-9}}) written by [[Neelesh Misra]], a [[New Delhi]]-based [[correspondent]] of the ''[[Associated Press]]''. The book is about the [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] of [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]] on its journey from [[Kathmandu]] to New Delhi on [[Christmas Eve]], December 24, 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1101205/jsp/graphiti/story_13254923.jsp|title=Scripting change|last=Paul|first=Angona|work=The Telegraph|date=5 December 2010|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1049033.173_Hours_in_Captivity|title=173 Hours in Captivity|publisher=Goodreads|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Introduction==<br />
The sequence of events outside the plane ([[Indian Airlines Flight 814|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 [[emotion]]s. The book recaptures the sequences which happened inside the [[Airbus A300]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/nepal-to-tell-its-story-on-10th-anniversary-of-ia-hijack_589750.html|title=Nepal to tell its story on 10th anniversary of IA hijack|publisher=Zee News|date=23 December 2009|accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Inside the Airbus A300 ==<br />
Some of the incidents aboard the Airbus that are detailed in the book include:<br />
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*The behavior of the five masked men, nicknamed Chief, Burger, Doctor, Shankar and Bhola, towards the passengers and the crew.<br />
*The plight of Rachana Katyal, newlywed [[bride]] of Ripan Katyal, whose husband was slashed by one of the [[Aircraft hijacking|hijackers]], and bled slowly and painfully to death.<br />
*The conditions inside the plane, with terrified passengers wetting their clothes on their seats; their "silent cries", [[fainting]] and [[vomiting]].<br />
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== Blackmail ==<br />
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 [[terrorism|terrorists]] who were held under the [[police custody|custody]] of the [[Government of India]].<br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
The book hints that India was left alone following the hijacking of IC 814 because they negotiated with the terrorists, thus appeasing them.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian Airlines Flight 814]]<br />
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