Girija Prasad Koirala was the mastermind behind the hijack . He wanted an armed fight for democracy in Nepal , but did not have the funds to do so . He met Durga Subedi , another democratic fighter , who was just released from prison , where he read about the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 , for which he came up with the idea of a plane hijack to collect the funds by carrying out a similar hijack . They received a tip from Madan Aryal worked at Nepal Rastra Bank in Biratnagar and knew that the bank would transport Indian currency by plane through Biratnagar . Nagendra Dhungel and Basanta Bhattarai joined the team to hijack the plane
Japan Airlines Flight 351
Japan Airlines Flight 351
1973 Nepal plane hijack