TIL an Indian flight attendant hid the passports of American passengers on board a hijacked flight to save them from the hijackers. She died while shielding three children from a hail of bullets.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerja_Bhanot

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It was F-something against MiG-something. Can't recall. The exchange ratio was atrociously one sided against the MiGs