Chapter 6: THIS IS A HIJACK
The early part of the siege

Pan Am cabin crew course, early 1986 – eight out of fifteen were together on board on 5 September (Sunshine is third from left, Neerja is ninth)

Identifying the members of the course who were on the plane - team spirit

Neerja Bhanot, the senior purser

The first victim, Rajesh Kumar – not an obvious target, just the nearest body

Plane layout showing the situation in the early part of the day