SWITZERLAND – Air diversion in India: an Airbus 300 of the Indian Air national company, with 178 passengers (four children) and 11 crew members, flying from Kathmandu (Nepal) to New Delhi, immediately after the takeoff was hijacked by a commando of five people. After a first landing in Amritsar, where, according to the head of the commando, but the news has not been confirmed, four people were killed by gunshots, the plane headed to the airport of Lahore, Pakistan. The components of the commandos, which have not been identified, are barricaded in the plane: they have an arsenal of bombs, dynamite, rifles and pistols that they managed to let in evading surveillance at the Kathmandu airport.

According to the list of passengers distributed by the Indian airline 150 and 4 children are Indian, then 8 Nepalese, 4 Swiss, 4 Spaniards, a Japanese, a Canadian and a Belgian. The nationality of five passengers is unknown.

In Lahore, the Airbus A-300 was parked in an isolated terminal: the hijackers demand fuel, but did not specify their future destination. According to witnesses, the Pakistani leather heads surrounded the plane; negotiations would be underway for the release of hostages.