You buying that story? :eyebrow:
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Good story!
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Nobody was hurt and no damage was done so the Air Accidents Investigation Branch was not interested and, as above, the CAA decided not to pursue the matter. However, I'd bet a fiver on neither individual being asked to conduct subsequent displays. :eek: Link www.victorxm715.co.uk/ |
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At least the CAA finished their investigation.
The FAA boys, ten years in, would still be drawing per diem at the best local hotel. Mr. Prothero does have a bit of a smile, doesn't he? |
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This Day In Aircraft History
On this day in 1994 FedEx employee Auburn Calloway attempts suicide by trying to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 so his family could benefit from a FedEx life insurance policy.
He attacked the flight crew in the cockpit with claw hammers and a knife. The DC-10 pilot attempted to help the crew fighting Calloway by throwing the aircraft around violently, at one point almost rolling the plane upside down. He pitched the plane into a 15 degree climb then nose-dived trying to put the attacker off his feet. The pilot bounced everyone around the cockpit pretty badly. During the nose-dive the plane passed 530mph when the elevators became unusable, fluttering in the wild air-flow. They eventually landed back in Memphis, at 35,000lbs over the maximum designed landing weight, after pushing the airplane well past its safety limits multiple times, and after requesting 'armed intervention' (meaning SWAT). It must have a helluva scene. The cockpit and galley were covered in blood, a skull was fractured resulting in motor control difficulties for that crew member, a jaw was dislocated, one crew member stabbed in the arm, the pilot had several deep gashes in his head and had to have his ear sewn back in place. Auburn Calloway was armed with 2 claw hammers, 2 sledge hammers, a knife and a spear gun. Ten years after the attack none of the flight crew could be medically cleared to fly commercially due to their injuries. The DC-10 suffered $800,000 in damage. The Wikipedia article is a really good read. |
Mr. Calloway is currently enjoying a federally-funded vacation in an extended-stay facility in beautiful Lompoc, CA.
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Nice country, I hear.
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Pausing only to consult my copy of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (it never leaves my side) I find the following:
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Hess gave his name as Alfred Horn, a friend of the Duke of Hamilton, and was taken to hospital. When the Duke was informed of the prisoner he visited him in hospital and Hess identified himself. Hamilton immediately informed Churchill and Hess was imprisoned until the Nuremburg Trials. The fact that he had asked for the Duke by name, and suggested a prior friendship, raised suspicions of where Hamilton's loyalties lay. Link |
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