Neerja Bhanot
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Neerja Bhanot was an Indian flight attendant. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers on board Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists from the Abu
Bhanot depicted on a 2004 Indian postage stamp
The hijacked aircraft seen at Miami International Airport in May 1983
Purser
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A purser is the person on a ship principally responsible for the handling of money on board. On modern merchant ships, the purser is the officer responsible for all administration and supply. Frequent
Neerja Bhanot
…Indian cabin crew for its Frankfurt to India routes. Upon selection, she went to Miami, Florida for training as a flight attendant, but returned as a purser. Bhanot was the Senior Flight Purser on Pan Am Flight 73, a Boeing 747-121 flying from Bombay to New York City via Karachi and Frankfurt. On 5 September…
1799 illustration of a Royal Navy purser
c. 1807 portrait of a Royal Navy purser