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Citizens of India Represented Roughly 26% of The People On Board The Flight, and 28% of Those Killed

Neerja Bhanot shielded three children from gunfire on the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73, sustaining injuries and later dying. Twenty passengers were killed and over a hundred injured in the 17-hour hijacking, which ended when Pakistani commandos stormed the plane and captured the hijackers after they ran out of ammunition. The flight carried 381 total passengers and crew from 14 countries, with Indian citizens making up about 26% of passengers and 28% of victims.

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Citizens of India Represented Roughly 26% of The People On Board The Flight, and 28% of Those Killed

Neerja Bhanot shielded three children from gunfire on the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73, sustaining injuries and later dying. Twenty passengers were killed and over a hundred injured in the 17-hour hijacking, which ended when Pakistani commandos stormed the plane and captured the hijackers after they ran out of ammunition. The flight carried 381 total passengers and crew from 14 countries, with Indian citizens making up about 26% of passengers and 28% of victims.

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Ultimately this slide allowed for more passengers to evacuate safely and without injuries.

NeerjaBhanot was injured in the shooting while shielding three children from the bullets of the
hijacker and died subsequently. Twenty passengers were killed and over a hundred were injured.

ASSAULT

Pakistan quickly sent in the Pakistan Army's Special Services Group (SSG) commandos
and Pakistan Rangers were put on high-alert. The 17-hour long hijacking came to an end when
the hijackers opened fire on the passengers at 21:30 Pakistan Standard Time, but soon ran out of
ammunition, resulting in some passengers fleeing the aircraft through the aircraft's emergency
exits. The SSG responded by storming the aircraft and seizing the hijackers. The SSG commando
unit was headed by Brigadier Tariq Mehmood and the Shaheen Company of the SSG's 1st
Commando Battalion carried out the operation.

PASSENGERS

The 381 total passengers plus crew on Pan Am 73 were citizens of 14 different countries.
Citizens of India represented roughly 26% of the people on board the flight, and 28% of those
killed.

Nationalities

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Passengers Crew Total Victims


Nationality
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