Devi Sharan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Education | Dyal Singh College, Delhi, India |
| Known for | Indian Airlines Flight 814 IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack |
| Aviation career | |
| Famous flights | Indian Airlines Flight 814 |
Devi Sharan (born 1962) is an Indian retired aircraft pilot who was the captain of Indian Airlines Flight 814 when it was hijacked by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in December 1999.
In 2024, Netflix released IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack , a drama series adapted from Sharan's biography, Flight Into Fear.
Devi Sharan was born in 1962 in the village of Sawant, near Karnal in Haryana. [1] He graduated from Dyal Singh College, Delhi, and joined Indian Airlines in 1986. [1] Early in his flying career he flew the Boeing 737-200. [2] By the late 1990s, he was flying Airbus aircraft. [1]
Sharan was the captain of Indian Airlines Flight 814 when it was hijacked by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in December 1999. [3]
In 2011 during the Libyan civil war and the Operation Safe Homecoming he operated an airbus to Libya. [4]
In 2024, Netflix released IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack , a drama series adapted from Sharan's autobiography Flight Into Fear , based on the 1999 hijacking incident, with actor Vijay Varma portraying Sharan. [5]
Sharan retired in 2025, taking his last flight on 4 January, when he flew a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Melbourne to Delhi. [2]