Many years ago I was a frequent flyer on Pan Am. There was a hijack attempt in Pakistan where a car load of baddies drove up to the plane and boarded it shooting some of the F/As (fuzzy details in my memory) The flight crew went bdown the ropes and the hijack ended there with no more loss of lives.
The then head of Pan Am took a lot of flack for his pilot actions. I wrote a letter to him saying that I as a frequent passenger supported their actions. Surprisingly to me he answered the letter thanking me.