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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.
She was the senior flight purser of Pan Am flight 73 which bound from Mumbai to New York with a stopover in Karachi, Pakistan and the other one in Frankfurt. Onboard the 747-121 were as many as 360 passengers and 19 crew members.
Feb 18, 2016 · With Neerja's biopic set to hit the screens on Friday, TOI spoke to two citizens of Bengaluru - Dr Murthy, then 31, who was in the flight and his wife Dr Veena Bharathi, who has worked closely without Neerja's family to document her life. "I saw her getting shot. She was shot in the head, point blank.
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.
Sep 5, 2017 · In case you are still unaware about her, here are a few things you must know about Neerja Bhanot: 1. Neerja was born to Harish and Rama Bhanot on September 7, 1962, in Chandigarh. After her demise, father Harish Bhanot, who was a journalist in his days, remembered in an article how Neerja was a miracle baby:
Neerja Bhanot’s father Harish Bhanot wrote a heartrending piece on his brave daughter a month after she dies to save 359 passengers on a Pan Am flight. This article will bring tears to your...
Sep 7, 2020 · जिन्होंने अपनी जान देकर 360 लोगों को बचाया. 7 सितंबर 1964 को चंडीगढ़ में जन्मीं नीरजा भनोट का बचपन भी आम लड़कियों की तरह ही बीता था. पत्रकार ...
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.
Sep 7, 2015 · Neerja Bhanot was the senior most crew on the ill-fated Pan Am Flight 73. When the terrorists hijacked the flight, she alerted the cockpit, but the three-member American...
