Tag: Pan Am Hostage Crisis
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On This Day In 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked by four armed terrorists seizing a Boeing 747 and trapping hundreds aboard – Senior purser Neerja did something courageous which saved hundereds of lives
On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was making a scheduled stop at Karachi, Pakistan, while flying from Mumbai to New York via Frankfurt. The Boeing 747, carrying 379 people, had just arrived at Jinnah International Airport when four armed Palestinian militants disguised as airport security personnel stormed onto the aircraft. They approached in…
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