About This Trend

IC-814 refers to the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814, which occurred on December 24, 1999. The plane was hijacked by terrorists affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammed group and eventually taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where a tense standoff ensued.

The trend is currently active due to two key reasons: the release of a new Netflix series titled IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, which dramatizes the events, and the recent killing of Abdul Rauf Azhar, the mastermind behind the hijacking, in an Indian military operation called Operation Sindoor. .

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