The story of the web series is based on the hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in 1999. The flight took off from Kathmandu for Delhi on December 24, 1999, when it was hijacked by five heavily armed hijackers who took the flight first to UAE and then to Taliban-ruled Kabul.

The hijackers demanded the release of 36 militants from Indian jails and a ransom of $200 million.

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A two-hour journey stretched into a week of pain for passengers. After weeklong negotiations and a vigorous diplomatic campaign, the Indian government agreed to release three militants in exchange for passengers held hostage by the hijackers. One of the passengers was killed by the hijackers.

The series focuses on the interactions between the hijackers, the crew and the passengers, and it also shows Indian government officials working to resolve the crisis.

The row began after some social media users criticised the filmmakers for depicting the hijackers calling each other common Hindu names such as Bhola and Shankar, even though their names were Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim and Shakir. All of them were from a neighbouring country of India.

A Hindu right-wing organisation has filed a case in a Delhi court seeking a ban on the series. PTI news agency reported that the petition has accused the filmmaker of distorting crucial facts and misrepresenting historical events.

Several Indian media outlets, citing sources, reported that the federal government held a meeting with a senior Netflix executive regarding the issue.