Indian flight attendant of Pan Am Flight 73 (1963–1986)
This article is about the Indian purser. For the 2016 Hindi-language biographical film, see Neerja.
In this Indian name, the name Bhanot is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Neerja.
Neerja Bhanot
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Bhanot depicted on a 2004 Indian postage stamp
Born
(1963-09-07)7 September 1963
Chandigarh, India
Died
5 September 1986(1986-09-05) (aged 22)
Karachi, Pakistan
Cause of death
Gunshot wounds inflicted by Palestinian hijackers
Nationality
Indian
Education
Bombay Scottish School
Alma mater
St. Xavier's College
Employer
Pan Am
Known for
Saving passengers onboard Pan Am Flight 73 after it was hijacked by the Abu Nidal Organization
Awards
Ashoka Chakra (1987)
Tamgha-e-Pakistan (1987)
Neerja Bhanot (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986)[1][2] 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 Palestinian Islamic 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 afterwards, Pakistan's Special Service Group stormed the aircraft and captured all of the hijackers.
Posthumously, Bhanot became the first female recipient and, until 2003, the youngest recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award of India. She also received the Tamgha-e-Pakistan, the 4th highest civilian award of Pakistan, in addition to several accolades from the United States.[2][3] Her life and humanitarian actions inspired the 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical film Neerja, directed by Ram Madhvani and starring actress Sonam Kapoor.
^Vij, Illa (13 November 2000). "Brave in life, brave in death". The Tribune. Tribune Trust.
^ ab"'I saw Neerja being shot in the head' –Said by Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
^Mohan, Megha (31 March 2016). "Inside a hijack: The unheard stories of the Pan Am 73 crew". BBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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