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Neerja Bhanot (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986) was an Indian flight purser. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers onboard Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization after it made a stopover at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. Around 17 hours into ...
Sep 2, 2021 · Flight attendant Neerja Bhanot was killed while shielding three children from gunfire during the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking on September 5, 1986. Neerja Bhanot was posthumously awarded medals of bravery from India, Pakistan, and the United States.
Mar 30, 2016 · Fellow attendant Sunshine Vesuwala saw one of the hijackers grab a colleague, Neerja Bhanot, and put a gun to her head. And then another militant, his AK-47 and grenades in clear view,...
Sep 5, 2023 · On a day when India is celebrating Teachers' Day, it is important to remember the sacrifice made by Neerja Bhanot, a flight purser, who was killed on September 5, 1986, during the hijack of Pan...
Dec 19, 2015 · Neerja Bhanot, a flight attendant, saved the lives of 360 passengers and was killed while shielding children from terrorist fire. She was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. Here's her story of amazing grit and valour.
Feb 16, 2016 · This is Neerja Bhanot's last flight announcement. Knowing what ensued just a few hours after this announcement, one is bound to deal with a plethora of emotions on listening to Bhanot's voice. The senior purser on Pan Am Flight 73, Neerja, was shot dead. She never made it out of the aircraft alive.
Neerja Bhanot, who was killed at 22, posthumously became the youngest recipient of the Ashoka Chakra Award, India’s highest peacetime military decoration for “most conspicuous bravery or some...
Neerja Bhanot: A Remarkable Tale of Bravery and Selflessness. By Kyle Carmean. Flight attendants have to put up with a lot during their job. From dealing with unruly passengers to managing emergencies, they often have to go above and beyond to keep everyone happy.
City’s Neerja Bhanot, who died saving lives aboard a hijacked Pan Am flight in 1986 and now has become the subject of a critically acclaimed biopic, was the answer to her father’s long prayers...
Apr 6, 2021 · Is the Story of Neerja Bhanot and the '86 Pan Am Hijacking True? In 1986, Pan Am flight 73 was attacked in Karachi airport by hijackers linked to the Palestinian Abu Nidal Organization.
