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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

On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan. Passengers faced unimaginable terror as the hijackers threatened their lives. Seventeen hours into the standoff, Neerja Bhanot, the brave flight attendant, chose to save everyone else first. She opened an emergency exit and guided passengers to safety, despite knowing the risks. Tragically, Neerja was shot and killed while helping others escape. Her courage saved countless lives, and she was

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