On April 7, 1994, Federal Express Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 cargo jet carrying electronics equipment across the United States from Memphis, Tennessee, to San Jose, California, was the subject of a hijack attempt by Auburn R. Calloway, a Federal Express employee facing possible dismissal for having lied about his flight hours.

2019年4月5日 · Twenty-five years after three crew members of Federal Express Flight 705 withstood an attempted hijacking, the plane containing that chaotic fight for survival still flies for FedEx regularly.

April 7, 1994: FedEx Flight 705 was scheduled to depart the company’s home hub of Memphis, Tennessee for a routine flight to San Jose, California at a little after 3:00 in the afternoon.

Shortly after take-off, he attacked, inflicting grave injuries to the flight engineer and the co-pilot before the pilot started to fight back. A life-or-deat...

In true Southern story-telling fashion, with no Power Point or other visuals, David Sanders kept the NASAO audience on the edge of their seats as he described that horrific day on Flight 705.

2024年5月9日 · FedEx Flight 705, a DC-10-30, was targeted by a hijacker aiming to crash the aircraft for a life insurance payout. The crew thwarted the hijacker's plans, subduing him despite serious injuries, landing safely in Memphis.

2024年11月29日 · Calloway, facing dismissal from FedEx for falsifying his previous flight experience, devised a chilling plan to hijack Flight 705. Armed with hammers and a speargun hidden in a guitar case, he intended to kill the flight crew, …

2022年11月9日 · However, FedEx flight 705 ended up being a story of hijacking almost stranger than fiction. Unknown to the three pilots — David Sanders, first officer James Tucker Jr., and flight engineer Andre Peterson — the fourth man on board had a …

1994年4月7日 · April marked the 30th anniversary of a perilous situation that occurred onboard Federal Express (FedEx) Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighter. A FedEx employee flying as a deadhead passenger on the scheduled flight attempted to hijack the aircraft.

2021年6月17日 · Flight engineer Auburn Calloway boarded Federal Express Flight 705 as a deadhand passenger, intending to murder the crew onboard and crash the plane in order to let his family collect the $2.5...