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- Around 17 hours into the standoff, after she opened an emergency exit door and began helping passengers escape from the plane, Neerja was shot and killed by the hijackers. Shortly afterward, Pakistan's Special Service Group stormed the aircraft and captured all of the hijackers.
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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.
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.
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Mar 30, 2016 · Neerja Bhanot was fatally injured in the hijack When the lights did go out, all the flight attendants and passengers were in the middle section of the cabin, several seated on the ground in...
Feb 26, 2016 · Twenty passengers were killed in the incident among the 380 and the Indian government awarded the young Neerja Bhanot with the Ashok Chakra award. But thirty years after the unfortunate took...
- The Quint
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.
Apr 6, 2021 · One such story was of the courageous actions of Neerja Bhano t, an Indian flight attendant on Pan Am flight 73, which was hijacked in 1986 by Palestinian militants on its way to the United...
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...
