PIA Flight was a plane that had 22 passengers onboard. The flight number details are not available. It was hijacked by a gunman on January 20, 1978, who demanded that the plane to be taken to India so that he can have his cancer treatment. Air Marshal (Retd.), Nur Khan, who the Managing Director of PIA at the time, himself went on the plane to negotiate with the hijacker. When Air Marshal Khan was trying to disarm the hijacker, he was fired upon by him and was hit by a bullet. Despite the injury, he was able to overpower the hijacker and made him surrender.