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Madhvi Behuguna

Madhvi Behuguna

Retired flight attendant and Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking survivor who, as a 21-year-old Pan Am crew member, helped hide American passports during the 1986 Karachi hijacking and later received the Special Courage Award.

Sep 5, 2026

The Pan Am Podcast

The Pan Am Podcast

Episode 68: Pan Am Flight 73: 40 Years Later — Courage in the Face of Terror

Sep 5 · 50m

Ken AndersenHOST
10:33
And there's a lot more to it than that.
Madhvi Behuguna
Madhvi BehugunaGUEST
10:36
True, true.
Madhvi Behuguna
Madhvi BehugunaGUEST
10:37
Absolutely.
Madhvi Behuguna
Madhvi BehugunaGUEST
10:38
And that is the big thing.
Madhvi Behuguna
Madhvi BehugunaGUEST
10:39
People just flock into this role.
Madhvi Behuguna
Madhvi BehugunaGUEST
10:42
And I was doing hiring for Delta before I retired for four years.
Madhvi Behuguna
Madhvi BehugunaGUEST
10:46
And, you know, Delta had the statistics out there that there are more people that apply to Delta than there are.

34 MINS LATER

Ken AndersenHOST
44:36
Can you tell us about that conversation and about hearing about how he felt and the guilt he carried?

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