Claim: During the September 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73, flight attendant Neerja Bhanot gathered American passports and hid them in order to protect the passengers, and single-handedly evacuated passengers. She died shielding three children from gunfire.
Fact-check: Is the Story of Neerja Bhanot and the '86 Pan Am Hijacking True?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Nur Ibrahim
Date published: 2021-04-06T14:36:21