neerja..... A Neerja bahnot a real star of 1986, when she is just turned 23. she was born in chandigarh,pubjab ,India on 7th September 1963, was worked for pan Am, Mumbai, India based airlines
She is daughter of harish bhanot a Journalist from Mumbai. Her early life education at sacred heart secondary school, Chandigarh. After moving to Mumbai she move to Bombay Scottish school & St. Xavier’s college Mumbai..
After college her life begins with modeling assignment which began her modeling career. Then she applied at Pan Am, for flight attendant job. she going to Miami for training as a flight attendant but returned to purser.
HER LIFE last 17 HOURS:
Neerja and her 19 crew member flying from Mumbai to USA, and there she is senior flight purser on Pam Am flight 73. Which was hijacked by four armed men on 5thSeptember 1986 at Karachi airport on Pakistan. The aircraft was carrying 361 passengers. Terrorists wanted to hijacked flight and fly to Cyprus for release some member from jail….
as Neerja come to know that aircraft has been hijacked she immediately send a code word to cockpit so captain an co-captain an one more member can easily evacuated from cocktail there she was makes her first master plan
after 17 hours of negotiate all four terrorists starts open firing and explosive, neeraja opened one of the emergency door and assigned passengers from the aircraft. She could be the first person after open door but she decide not to Jump out. And was shot while saving three children from bullets. One of children now captain for major airlines
About marriage life :
neeraja had an arranged marriage in march 1985 and transfer to Gulf, however she returned to her parents home after two month due to dowry pressure from husband
Postal stamp released by indian postal service in 2004
“The heroine of the hijack”
award :
- Ashoka chakra award
- Justice fro Crime (Washington D.C 2005)
- ministry of civil aviation
- special courage award (US dept.)
- Flight safety foundation (US dept.) and many more