Devi Sharan
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Born1962 (age 62–63)
EducationDyal Singh College, Delhi, India
Famous flightsIndian Airlines Flight 814
Devi Sharan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Education | Dyal Singh College, Delhi, India |
| Known for | Indian Airlines Flight 814 IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack |
| Aviation career | |
| Famous flights | Indian Airlines Flight 814 |
Devi Sharan (born 1962) is an Indian retired aircraft pilot who was the captain of Indian Airlines Flight 814 when it was hijacked by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in December 1999.
In 2024, Netflix released IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, a drama series adapted from Sharan's biography, Flight Into Fear.
Indian Airlines Flight 814
Devi Sharan was born in 1962 in the village of Sawant, near Karnal in Haryana.[1] He graduated from Dyal Singh College, Delhi, and joined Indian Airlines in 1986.[1] Early in his flying career he flew the Boeing 737-200.[2] By the late 1990s, he was flying Airbus aircraft.[1]
Sharan was the captain of Indian Airlines Flight 814 when it was hijacked by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in December 1999.[3]