The Heroine of Pan Am Flight 73 | TerrifyingMyths

On Sept 5th 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 landed in Karachi, Pakistan. Four men wearing Karachi airport security guard uniforms and armed with rifles, pistols, grenades and explosive belts, drove a van painted to look like an airport security vehicle to the base of the boarding stairs and forced their way onto the plane, taking 379 hostages. The Abu Nidal Organization terrorists planned to force the plane to fly to Cyprus where they would exchange passengers for Palestinian militants. The flight attend

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Neerja Bhanot’s heroism on September 5, 1986, during the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73, stands as a powerful example of courage and selflessness. At just 22 years old, Bhanot was the senior flight attendant on the flight, which had been hijacked by four armed terrorists while it was on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan. Throughout the harrowing ordeal, Bhanot took extraordinary measures to protect the passengers. Recognizing that the hijackers were specifically targeting Americans, she discreetly