Neerja Bhanot
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title:
Neerja Bhanot
text:
Neerja Bhanot 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 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
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Indian flight attendant of Pan Am Flight 73 (1963–1986)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerja_Bhanot
date created:
2005-04-05T22:28:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T06:13:15Z
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