Comments on: No justice, no purse

By: Mrugesh

Mrugesh — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:07:50 +0000

I was traveling alone and Ms. Bhanot is the only person that gave me (a teenager at the time) strength and stamina to get through the ordeal. Mrs. Mishra, as she was named then-I think, still is in my mind after all these years. The calm, the composed and the cool. She saved a lot of people that day but in time of crisis, she still saves me till this day. As far as those who shot her are concerned, I will bloody well chop thousands of them a**holes in pieces and send off to Mecca for one Neerja. Over and out.

Mrugesh Patel

By: Akhil

Akhil — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:58:03 +0000

If there would had been another Neerja..perhaps Kandhar (hijacked) would not happened. And Maulana Ajar Mahmhood and others could sentenced dead if not in India then atleast in US.

By: monaparikh

monaparikh — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:17:34 +0000

interesting story. glad you posted it.

By: SMR

SMR — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:38:28 +0000

Is there such thing as jurisdiction apply to such law suits??...Its equivalent to me suing the British goverment for taking away land from my ancestors.

RC- In general states cannot be sued in US courts; I'm guessing the suit's been brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act under which Americans can sue foreign states designated as terrorist states by the US government. The more interesting question is how the plaintiffs will collect damages if they win. I doubt (but have no facts to back me up and am too lazy to google) the US govt has control over anywhere near even $1B worth of Libyan assets that it can freeze

By: RC

RC — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:27:07 +0000

Qaddaffis only mistake was killing some whites. If he terrorized more black africans no one would have cared.

Right on the money.

Â… the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, and it seeks $10 billion in compensatory damages

Is there such thing as jurisdiction apply to such law suits?? Lawyers amongst SMers educate me. To me this sounds totally frivilous. Its equivalent to me suing the British goverment for taking away land from my ancestors.

By: brown

brown — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:24:19 +0000

she wasn’t even that old…

By: Saheli

Saheli — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:39:02 +0000

Does anyone know of a good, reliable, credible one-stop shop for all events like this?

he three-member cockpit crew of pilot, co-pilot and the flight engineer abandoned the aircraftÂ…

wha?

Thanks Manish, great post.

By: Guru Gulab Khatri

Guru Gulab Khatri — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:26:35 +0000

He has a long way to go before he can appeal for acceptance by the West.

HAHAHAHA sure it was a long way musharraf had to go. he could do what musharraf did, remember IA hijacking from nepal where mushie chacha said it was indian intelligence that did it themselves.

Qaddaffis only mistake was killing some whites. If he terrorized more black africans no one would have cared.

By: NotPC

NotPC — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:38:12 +0000

I hope this is a reminder to all those [Columbia University's Rashid Khalidi, Lionel Richie etc] who are in a rush to rehabilitate the arch terrorist Muammar Qaddafi. He has a long way to go before he can appeal for acceptance by the West.

By: millivanilli

millivanilli — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:10:23 +0000

My friends were on that flight. We went to the airport to meet them after they were back safely. I was very young but remember the fear vividly.