Episode 83: Pan Am Flight 73

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Neerja Bhanot was uniquely successful in two fields - as a model, and as a senior purser for international airline Pan Am. But on September 5, 1986, the bravery of Neerja and her cabin staff was tested when a group of armed militants stormed the plane, demanding to be flown to Cyprus. What would happen over the next seventeen hours would be terrifying, chaotic, and in the end a display of the heroism on one incredible cabin crew.

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1:55.1	Episode 83. Pan Am Flight 73. September 5th, 1986. At least 21 people deceased, 120 injured.
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