Operation Ashwamedh

Operation Ashwamedh

Operation Ashwamedh was an operation conducted between April 24 and April 25, 1993 when NSG Commandos stormed a hijacked Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 141 passengers on board at Amritsar airport. The hijacker, Mohammed Yousuf Shah, was killed before he could react and harm any of the hostages.

References

v · Lufthansa Cityline Flight 5634
Feb 11  Lufthansa Flight 592
Apr 06  TACA Flight 510
Apr 06  China Eastern Airlines Flight 583
Apr 18  Japan Air System Flight 451
Apr 24  Operation Ashwamedh

Apr 26  Indian Airlines Flight 491
Apr 27  Zambia national football team disaster
May 19  SAM Colombia Flight 505
Jul 23  China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119
Jul 26  Asiana Airlines Flight 733
Sep 14  Lufthansa Flight 2904

Sep 21–23  Transair Georgia airliner attacks
Oct 26  China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398
Oct 27  Widerøe Flight 744
Nov 04  China Airlines Flight 605
Nov 13  China Northern Airlines Flight 6901
Nov 26  Auckland mid-air collision
Dec 1  Northwest Airlink Flight 5719
  Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics.    Deadliest incident shown in bold smallcaps. 
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