Pilot of flight hijacked to Pakistan in 1971 passes away
Captain MK Kachru, the pilot of the Indian Airlines flight which was hijacked and taken to Pakistan in 1971, passed away on Saturday at the age of 93. He died after a prolonged illness, his family said. In 1971, he was flying a plane carrying 30 people from Srinagar to Jammu when two hijackers forced him to fly to Lahore.