When the day ended, almost everyone survived the hijack, thanks to Neerja's quick-thinking . Captain Robert Bragg was the co-pilot aboard the Pan Am plane, and was one of the few who survived the collision. December 16, 2003 - Defendant Safarini pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to all 95 counts of the superseding indictment against him in connection with the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73. When the firing stopped, I ran to the front and someone pushed me out from the exit. TORRECH . Pan Am Flight 73, The Terrorist Hijacking That Left 20 Dead We had to wait on the tarmac for 45 minutes for a transport vehicle to carry my mothers coffin. When her dead body arrived in Mumbai, she looked fresh and beautiful because all her wounds were on her back.Had there been a VIP or a minister on our plane; all the lives would have been saved. They are breaking this silence now, they say, because they want to honour and acknowledge the vital roles played by all on board, most of whom are not known to the public. The terrorists began screaming in Arabic. At the end of the proceeding, Judge Sullivan took the matter under advisement and will issue a written decision at a later date. She informed the pilots about the hijack and thats how the pilots could escape. He caught me doing that and asked whether I was a journalist. Survivors condemn hijacker in Pan Am massacre . I turned more patriotic, pious and mind you not religious rather spiritual after this incident. 25-30 passengers were killed and a large number were injured. 'Neerja', an experience of our lives: Pan Am 73 hijack survivor The men entered the Boeing 747, firing shots into the air. He also recommended that the Bureau of Prisons assign the defendant to the Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado, also referred to as "SuperMax. The report of the Lockerbie Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI), which was held at Dumfries in Scotland from October 1990 to February 1991, explained how Pan Am Flight 103 was sabotaged. Around four hours into the siege, the hijackers began trying to identify the Americans on board. The next status hearing in the case is now scheduled for Monday May 19, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. I wanted to give the pilots time to escape in case they were still in the process of climbing down the ropes outside the plane. Well, kind of, Video shows Memphis jailers beating Black inmate before his death, Skin lesion removed from President Bidens chest last month was cancerous, doctor says, Desperate mountain residents trapped by snow beg for help; We are coming, sheriff says, Newsom, IRS give Californians until October to file tax returns, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, Latinx Files: In praise of Jenna Ortega, Aubrey Plaza and moody, deadpan Latinas.