![]() Neerja Bhanot was the only girl of Rama and Harish Bhanot. She became the first woman recipient of the Ashok Chakra award, India’s highest civil bravery award. Neerja Bhanot is a true example of bravery. Neerja helped the passengers escape through the emergency door exit but in an attempt to save three children from the bullets being fired, Neerja lost her life. The terrorists held the passengers hostage for 17 long hours and after that they started to open fire on them. ![]() With her help at least 39 American passengers were save out of 41. Neerja managed to hide their passports and discard them down the rubbish chute. She was instructed by the terrorists to collect the passports of all passengers. The terrorists started asking for passports of crew members and Neerja realised that their primary targets were the Americans on board. The terrorists boarded the flight dressed as security guards and Neerja was the one to alert the cockpit crew who managed to escape through an overhead hatch in the cockpit. Neerja Bhanot was the senior most crew member on board the flight. Unfortunately the flight was hijacked by four heavily armed terrorists while it was parked at Karachi airport. The aircraft, Pan Am Flight 73 with 360 passengers on board had just arrived from Mumbai and was ready to depart Jinnah International Airport in Karachi for its destination- the United States. Neerja Bhanot was a 22 year old Indian Flight attendant who gave up her life while saving the lives of the passengers onboard the Pan Am flight 73.
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