What I survived

Pan Am Flight 73: The 1986 Karachi Hijacking P2

February 24, 2026·31 min·4-min readnarrativedocumentary
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This episode recounts the harrowing experience of Michael Thexton, a British mountaineer who survived the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan, after a series of seemingly minor life choices led him onto the doomed flight. The story underscores how ordinary decisions ca

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Michael Thexton

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Michael ThextonNeerja BhanotZia-ul-HaqBenazir Bhutto

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Pan Am

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Boeing 747

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Criminal Justice ReformGeopoliticsHistorical FiguresLong Form JournalismTrue Crime

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