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406:. The Pakistanis agreed to refuel the aircraft, but advised that the aircraft lacked the range to fly to the Western Hemisphere. The hijackers allowed five passengers, including a three-member family, to leave the aircraft at Lahore. At 7 PM, one of the hijackers produced a revolver and used it to force Captain Mehta to take off from Lahore. Two British nationals on board the flight later recounted that Pakistani officials had handed a paper wrapped packet to the hijackers, and claimed that the revolver had been produced from this packet.
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the terminal building for further negotiations, and at 5:30 PM when they had not yet returned, the remaining hijackers threatened to detonate an explosive device on board the aircraft. At 5:55 PM both the hijackers returned to the aircraft, leaving again at 6:20 PM only to return after 10 minutes.
308:. The Khalistan movement was a separatist movement in Indian Punjab and UK where a small portion of the Sikh community openly asked for a separate country for Sikhs (Khalistan). The hijackers were subsequently extradited by UAE to India, who handed over the pistol recovered from the hijackers.
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car was sent to the aircraft and returned with one of the hijackers for face-to-face negotiations with Sheikh Rashid inside the airport terminal building. At 11:40 AM, a van filled with food and water for the hostages was dispatched, but this was turned back by the hijackers. At 12:35 PM, two
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