Neerja Bhanot

Neerja Bhanot an Indian flight attendent, model. Ashoka Chakra award recipient. She was the first female recipient of this award and the youngest recipient at the time. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers onboard Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization after it made a stopover at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. Around 17 hours into the standoff, after she opened an emergency exit door and began helping passengers escape from the plane, Neerja was shot and killed by the hijackers.