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Hijacker And Hijacked Meet After 25 Years.  
User currently offlineHimmat01 From India, joined Dec 2004, 1029 posts, RR: 6
Posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3533 times:

Peter Duffy one of the hijackers who had hijacked an AI B707 from Seychelles after an unsuccessful coup attempt met the captain of that flight at his residence in Mumbai.

Details:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2171990.cms

Quote:

"Hey, Peter, is that you?" shouted retired Air India (AI) captain U C Saxena as his eyes scanned a short, stocky man of Scottish origin, coming out of the domestic terminal on Saturday morning.

"That's me, mate," shot back Peter and the two embraced each other. South African ex-mercenary Peter Duffy finally caught up with retired pilot Saxena after 25 years of the hijacking of an AI Boeing 707 from the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to Durban.

Duffy was one of the 44 mercenaries who barged into Saxena’s plane with 79 passengers and crew at the Victoria Mahe Airport and diverted the Mumbai-bound flight to South Africa.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/when-a-h...cker-met-the-hijacked/24019-3.html

The second link also has a video.


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User currently offlineKLM685 From Mexico, joined May 2005, 1577 posts, RR: 20
Reply 1, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3460 times:

This is interesting but weird at the same time. Why would the hijacked receive the hijacker as if they were friends that haven't seen in a long time? Or was the captain involved or in some way made some kinda of friendship with this guy?


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User currently offlineAirIndia From United Arab Emirates, joined Jan 2001, 1550 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3442 times:

Indian hospitality at its best...

User currently offlineMarkHKG From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 960 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3375 times:

Stockholm Syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Syndrome ) or perhaps the dudes were really quite nice to each other.  scratchchin 


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User currently offlinePhilipkk From Canada, joined Sep 2006, 26 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2913 times:

Maybe because both of them are alive today because of the other person

User currently offlineAeroflot777 From Russia, joined Mar 2004, 2958 posts, RR: 30
Reply 5, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2868 times:

LMAO very touching in a way. Good to hear this.  Smile

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User currently offlineTheSunseeker From Netherlands, joined Apr 2006, 218 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2704 times:

Quoting AirIndia (Reply 2):
Indian hospitality at its best...

 bigthumbsup   bigthumbsup   bigthumbsup 


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User currently offlineHAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31228 posts, RR: 58
Reply 7, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2446 times:

It was in all the Newspapers out here.The Mercenaries used the AI Aircraft to Escape & did not use the Arms on board.
regds
MEL


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User currently offlineBennett123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6392 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2176 times:

I think that if I were a mercenary and the army were behind me, then I would grab a plane rather than stand against a wall.

Perhaps the pilot would also do so.

I also understand that it was not a violent hijack.

I do not condone hijacking.

User currently offlineCricket From India, joined Aug 2005, 2943 posts, RR: 7
Reply 9, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2153 times:

Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 7):
It was in all the Newspapers out here.

The TV channels had it as well, it made for a fairly interestiong story. Sadly, not all hijackings of Indian aircraft ended like this one.


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User currently offlineHAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31228 posts, RR: 58
Reply 10, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1896 times:

Quoting Cricket (Reply 9):
Sadly, not all hijackings of Indian aircraft ended like this one.

I wonder if the Khandhar Highjackers would Visit the IC crew.The Indian Govt would def not let them go back  Smile
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MEL


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