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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.
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 22, 2016 · Nayan Pancholi recounts the story of how he lost his left eye in the Pan Am flight hijack in 1986, during which Neerja Bhanot was killed.
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,...
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.
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 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.
