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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...
Sep 6, 2019 · Meet Neerja Bhanot. Brut India. 3.27M subscribers. Subscribed. 41K. 1.4M views 4 years ago. Her fierce courage helped her hold her ground when terrorists boarded her flight. This is her story...
Oct 19, 2022 · One of the first flight attendants to become a true hero. Photo: Kambui via Wikimedia Commons. Neerja Bhanot started working as a flight attendant with Pan Am in 1985. She had previously worked as a model and while welcoming the new opportunity, continued to do so during her time at Pan Am.
This is the official trailer of Neerja, a biopic drama on the life Neerja Bhanot played by Sonam Kapoor, directed by Ram Madhvani, produced by Fox Star Studios and Bling Unplugged.
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.
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...
Apr 12, 2019 · In 1986, Neerja Bhanot, a flight attendant for Pan Am, and part time model, became known internationally as 'the heroine of the hijack' from her bravery and selflessness shown...
