A flight purser manages the cabin crew, coordinates inflight service, and handles challenges that may arise during the flight. [File, Standard] It is easy to assume that a plane just needs a pilot ...

The biopic, titled “Neerja,” tells the story of Neerja Bhanot, a 23-year-old senior flight purser on Pan Am Flight 73 when four armed men hijacked the plane at Karachi airport on Sept. 5, 1986.

A flight purser manages the cabin crew, coordinates inflight service, and handles challenges that may arise during the flight. [File, Standard] It is easy to assume that a plane just needs a pilot ...