At 6:04 pm the Indian ATC made contact with flight IC 814, but had not received any orders on how to proceed. Captain Devi Sharma notified ATC that they were running low on fuel and had not been allowed to land in Lahore by Pakistani ATC. Sharma continued to make contact with ATC, requesting them to reach out to Pakistan and obtain permission to land, as the hijackers did not want to land in India and had already threatened to execute 10 hostages if their demands were not met. At 6:30 pm, the Indian High Command in Pakistani requested permission for the plane to land there, but was denied.