Investigators Couldn't Figure Out How This Plane Crashed, Until They Checked Her Handbag

Pan Am Flight 73

That's not the only story of a plane ride gone wrong. The survivors of Pan Am Flight 73 were expecting a normal trip from India to New York. During a layover at 4:30 AM, things went awry. Onboard the aircraft, there were 394 passengers and 9 infant babies, as well as an American flight crew and 13 Indian flight attendants. Exactly 109 people got off at this layover, but a group of people boarded that would soon make this flight a living nightmare...

Hijackers On Board

A duo of hijackers came on board the flight undetected, due to their faux sky-blue uniforms like that of the Pakistan Airport Security Force. Approaching with sirens and flashing lights, they ran up the ramp and fired warning shots into the sky. More hijackers then boarded with the first two men, one of them carrying a briefcase full of explosives. The flight attendant was then held at gunpoint to close the doors...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.