"IA's Terror Trail" is a recently produced, self-published book, released on February the 08th, 2014. It narrates the story of Indian Airlines, India's sole domestic airline up to 1993, which was hijacked sixteen times, from 1971 to 1999. Some of the episodes were deadly, some farcical. It needs to be remembered, however, that since the target - the aircraft and its occupants - is directly related to Air Safety and concerns human lives, no threat to it can be treated lightly. The book is a result of thirteen years of painstaking research, carried out with a quest for detail. All stories are based on the true account of a minimum one crew member per episode - some are based on multiple accounts - to lend the narrative total authenticity. The final story is a first-hand account - the author was the Flight Purser in charge of the cabin on IC 814, hijacked to Kandahar from Kathmandu. The language is both thrilling and fluent. The book is not just plain text; there are numerous, rare exhibits in the form of pictures and press clippings sourced from people who were victims. It has the potential to be of immediate interest to Air Travellers and curious readers.
"IA's Terror Trail" is a recently produced, self-published book, released on February the 08th, 2014. It narrates the story of Indian Airlines, India's sole domestic airline up to 1993, which was hijacked sixteen times, from 1971 to 1999. Some of the episodes were deadly, some farcical. It needs to be remembered, however, that since the target - the aircraft and its occupants - is directly related to Air Safety and concerns human lives, no threat to it can be treated lightly. The book is a result of thirteen years of painstaking research, carried out with a quest for detail. All stories are based on the true account of a minimum one crew member per episode - some are based on multiple accounts - to lend the narrative total authenticity. The final story is a first-hand account - the author was the Flight Purser in charge of the cabin on IC 814, hijacked to Kandahar from Kathmandu. The language is both thrilling and fluent. The book is not just plain text; there are numerous, rare exhibits in the form of pictures and press clippings sourced from people who were victims. It has the potential to be of immediate interest to Air Travellers and curious readers.