Not to mention N306FE continued on to have a very successful service life with FedEx following the incident and is still serving reliably with them to this day.
You're almost there ;-) The actual heroes, as for example also in motor racing, are the engineers who constructed and built the airplane. Engineers like me 😄
@@wassollderscheiss33 Yeah, that's the implication but didn't get pages long wordy about it. A follows from B, etc. Everyone else made that connection and you didn't, are you sure you're a _qualified_ engineer?
@@wassollderscheiss33 hmm, perhaps my response was more hostile than it should have been - still, the implication was the people involved in the design/production/construction of the aircraft, I was just being more succinct in my OP.
@@acnhsasha3085 I am aspiring screenwriter and considered doing a movie on that, though normally survival as character motivation is hard to make it not cliché. The more interesting character is sadly the murderer, to due thinking he worth more dead than alive to his family, but he still beyond scummy. It is a hard to adapt into a three act story.
I’ve known about this incident, but was unaware that they’d barrel rolled a DC-10. The flight simulations convey so much more than an article or report could.
I remember this incident from the episode of Mayday/Air Disaster. He said in the interview that he hoped by doing so, that the gravity kept the attacker pinned which would help the other two flight officers to keep him down, that his military training helped him survive.
Yeah I had no clue they were inverted. Amazing heroism and composure by these brave pilots. I hope they were compensated and taken care of given their life changing injuries.
When the pilot in control was in the middle of chaos he used the word ‘please’ when requesting help. He sounded relatively calm after being assaulted, listening to his crew mates fighting the madman and flying the plane at the same time. It sickens me that the assaulter ruined the careers of those three brave pilots. They trained their entire lives to be pilots and in one moment they became too physically and emotionally wrecked to fly commercially again. I hope FedEx compensated them very well. They should have compensated them with the amount the plane was worth since they saved it from crashing.
@@jakefox589 considering that they safed fedex millions of dollars for saving the airplane from wreckage, that alone is should be awared with lifetime payments
Wow. Got chills during the atc recording. “Just keep talking to me” could you imagine what Is going through his head. Those pilots are hero’s amongst men.
He was probably wanting to stay in conversation to keep himself conscious too. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to land a plane that size with one working arm and a serious head injury.
@@VillaFanDan92 Yeah really, I got that too. He was worried he'd lose consciousness if he didn't stay mentally active. I also wonder if he may have been worried he'd misheard or failed to remember. O-o' Guy obviously was suffering from a concussion and knew it.
I’ve heard from Fedex workers that the dent on some areas in the cockpit that was caused by Calloway’s hammer is still visible to this day. And Many crews nicknamed the DC-10 the Calloway cruiser
@@ajmillendez478 it is retired and scrapped at and parts from the scrapped plane were used for other aircraft and dented parts were dumped at the damaged parts and services ground management dump or DPSGMD.
I remember this incident on the episode of Mayday. Dude did a barrel roll that went beyond the plane's limit to throw off the attacker in hopes that gravity helped the others fend him off. To paraphrase, he said in the interview that his military training kicked in even though he was in severe pain. These guys were big time heros!
It's crazy how that happens. In some of the CVR recordings from other accidents the pilots are eerily calm. No sign of panic or fear I think that the extensive training that pilots have basically conditions them to ignore it. Same thing with astronauts.
He flew the DC-10 like a fighter jet. Always remember that you can use whatever vehicle you’re operating as a weapon in a last ditch situation. This story definitely qualifies as “last ditch situation”.
This plane is still flying for fedex as an MD-10, which is a DC-10 that has received an avionics upgrade to resemble the MD-11 so that MD-11 pilots can fly the upgraded DC/MD-10s with an MD-11 type rating and minimal additional training. FedEx is the inventor of the MD-10 concept and is the only operator of the MD-10. I was speaking to an MD pilot a few days ago who had just flown N306FE last week and he didn’t know it was the one that was involved in this. Another pilot told me that there is still evidence of dried blood underneath the glare shield and in the cracks of the cockpit furnishings if you know where to look. Every time I see a FedEx trijet I look for N306FE. I haven’t seen it yet but I am going to keep looking until they officially retire all their MD-10s. Insane story. Thank you for the video.
After seeing another video, I did research. While working the FedEx ramp at KIND, I'd be on the lookout for this airframe. Imagine my surprise when we were assigned to offload this plane. Yeah, I had to go topside and look. And if you know where to look, yes you can see where the struggle ensued.
It was obvious now that unlike in movie, a single blow of hammer to the head, even fracturing skull, didn't instantly kill someone. It's sad they lost their job, yet they're still alive. Thank you for your amazing work!
Depends on where one is hit. Even if it doesn’t immediately kill, it can sure mess up your life, as we see. Traumatic brain injuries are no joke! What is definitely untrue about the movies is the hero being hit in the head in any way and just immediately shaking it off.
If you want to kill, the claw of the hammer with the weight of the rest of the head behind it would be what did it in one blow. Very glad this brave fellow survived
@@izzi8459 yeah, the guy trying to murder the cabin crew just didn't know how to do it right. 'cause he used ball-peen hammers. Sure it'll crack the skull, but... you need multiple hits to kill.
Hats off to those men for stepping it up and saving the day. What a sad ending hearing that they could never fly again. They lost so much but prevented a tragedy.
What a complete nutcase, hope he is having a hard time in prison and I hope he rots there- what a greedy, manipulative and dangerous individual. In contrast may the brave crew live a long prosperous life and enjoy their retirement. Your bravery not only saved your lives, but the lives of many on the ground.
He's in ADX Florence, serving life without parole in permanent solitary confinement along with the other inmates such as the Unabomber, the Shoe Bomber, and the Underwear Bomber. Rest assured he's not having an easy time of it. ;)
The captain of the original crew was someone who went by the book.. Calloway tried to persuade him to manipulate the working hour logs so they arent replaced by any other crew. But the captain insisted on doing the right thing and hence Calloway ended up dead heading with the replaced crew. Things would have gone pretty different if the original crew had flown the route (the captain, a female first officer nd Calloway as flight engineer)
I occasionally use fedex for a ride home, and this still affects the captains who were there at the time... They will not allow anyone in the flight deck jumpseats, only the cargo area jumpseats.
I've ridden on it... The MD10 conversion flight decks are way nicer than the md11. Aside from knowing the tail number, you never know what aircraft it was!
Wow!! What a story..Those 3 men were so brave and didn’t give up without a fight. Although no lives were lost..it is sad that the 3 men lost their careers because of this guy. I love all your videos but this one was very interesting and definitely one of my favourites. Thanks for all your hard work Chloe 😊
recently just rewatched the Mayday episode of this and i've always been amazed how the FO just piloted the plane like it was a fighter jet. it also makes me so sad to remember that those three pilots could never fly again -- their last statements from the Mayday ep stuck with me and it's so heartwrenching to recall. thank you for covering this one! i'm excited to get more details on this incident and love that you included the ATC recording on this one as usual -- to be able to hear the actual struggle is just...wow
This as many other stories was a fight between the most dark places a human is willing to go and the need to survive to see another day. It really shows the conflicting nature of the human condition.
Not just losing his job at FedEx, but given WHY he'd be fired (falsifying records THAT important), he'd likely be blacklisted from the American aviation industry as a whole *forever*
He still could work in other countries, however. I'm puzzled at this, really and especially when people say "oh Russian/Soviet pilots are such and such and they just have to work in Africa", well that applies to anyone, really.
@@IvanDmitriev1 I think he can support his family by working abroad. That guy needed help and prison for even conspiring life insurance fraud and murder alone.
He's still an absolute POS. Why does he need to kill 3 people, crash a plane, and die just because he'll have to get a different job? Oh, poor him, he's a liar, so he'll have to slum it like regular people.
Wow, I had put this on while getting ready for work, but this story … I had to sit down and watch the whole thing. What tremendous heroism by those individuals. Thank you for telling this story in such a clear and engaging way!
The plane involved N306FE is still in service as of the upload date. Aldo Captain David Sanders, First Officer Jim Tucker and Flight Engineer Andy Peterson were decorated with the Airline Pilots Association Gold Medal Award for heroism. Which is the highest decoration a civilian pilot can achieve. And its so rarely awarded not even Captain Cheselin 'Sully' Sullenberger was awarded it. Puts into perspective the level of pure heroism and airmanship that crew displayed. Why this hasnt become a Hollywood blockbuster yet is outrageous. MAKE IT HAPPEN! And in keeping with the incredible story of FedEx 705 as a Hollywood blockbuster why not have Brad Pitt as Captain Sanders, Leo Di Caprio as First Officer Tucker, Chris Pine as Flight Engineer Peterson and the go to Hollywood villain actor of the modern day Idris Elba as Calloway. Thats a film i would see in cinemas.
I thought about that. Since they saved a plane worth about $300 million those pilots should have received $100 million each. That would be the right thing to do but I’m sure FedEx would never do that.
They all actually were given early medical retirement and still receive a monthly check as well as compensation from corporate, for not only saving the plane but, all its cargo as well. Not 100% positive but heard that they each had received 1 million dollars along with their monthly retirement through the board at FedEx.
@@geoffedmonds6507 Thanks. They deserved that and more. They saved $300,000,000 at least in the cost of the plane. I’m glad they were taken care of since all of them lost their dream of continuing to fly commercially. I hope they are doing well.
When you hear about pilots or airline crew on board with the malicious intent of using the airplane as a weapon, it's more often the case of these people being desperate and that murder-suicide is their "final solution". While the FedEx flight 705 is an example of an averted suicide attempt, there are countless other that ended tragically. There's the PSA Flight 1771 where a disgruntled ex-PSA employee put his plan in motion to kill his ex-boss and later everyone else on board. There's also the SilkAir Flight 185 where it was revealed that the captain's financial state was in dire straits following the Asian market crash and a life insurance that gave him motive to deliberately crash the plane (though the Indonesian authorities rebuffed claims of suicide). And one of the most recent cases of plane suicide - the Germanwings Flight 9525, while not financially motivated, the crash was deliberate as Andreas Lubitz's state of mind was bad and if he was found out by Lufthansa that he was lying about (or hiding) his mental health, it would've categorically meant the end of his aviation career. While some are not deliberate (i.e. intentionally using an aircraft as a weapon), they're cases that are rather caused by an erratic behaviour from one of the pilots. One of those curious cases is that of Northwest Airlink Flight 5719. During the investigation, it was revealed that captain Marvin Falitz had several anger outburts towards colleagues and other personnel in the past, including during Flight 57190. In one instance he was livid at the company's policy requiring pilots to relocate to the smaller cities outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul area (Northwest Airlink had been operating there from 1984 til it's discontinuation in 2010). Though his actions weren't malicious as those of FedEx 705, PSA 1771, SilkAir 185 or Germanwings 9525, Falitz's actions in general as well as his proneness to anger outbursts were contributing factors that led to the crash outside Hibbing, MN.
That's impressive detail! MH370 was almost certainly also a pilot suicide. If you recall, it was a seemingly mysterious disappearance when initially reported. But subsequent evidence now made public both about the pilot's personal life and the flight route casts severe doubt on other theories. China Eastern 5735 crash likely yet another
@@MovieMakingMan you know we know of every commercial instance of pilot suicide right? They're incredibly rare. In the entire commercial aviation history there has only been 6 or 7 instances.
@@JustJezBeingJez What I said I’d we don’t know the total number of pilot suicides and no one could tell how many there have been. I didn’t mention suicides in commercial aircraft. My statement included all pilots that could have taken their own lives as well as fellow passengers. But we’ll also never know how many suicides were in commercial aircraft either. CVRs could have been disabled, not working or non existent even in commercial aircraft. So we wouldn’t know what happened in those flights. In some situations if one crew member left the cockpit for some reason the remaining pilot could have dove the plane toward the ground and the cause the crash. It couldn’t be determined with the FDR. It’s sad to think about pilots deliberately crashing planes and killing everyone on board.
Basically it went like, "express 705 is you situation under control" "Uh, yeah, at the moment. I have him pinned to the ceiling." "Say again, 705?" "Oh, yeah, I'm flying upside down" Only pilots and aviation nerds understand the gravity of that action. And he was partially blinded and paralyzed from a TBI. Fn'ing legend.
Duuuude... That FO is badass... Flying with one arm with a DC10 doing a barrel roll while struggling to concentrate and with the plan beyond it's capacity, and an attacker continuing his attack. THEN is successful with the assisting subduing with the attempted murderer... That's some hero level shit. Don't get me wrong, but all three are BA. But, that FO...that's next level even above the other two. Definitely impacting the results of this were the pilot and FO being Vietnam vets when combating a Navy vet contributed to the drama of this fight.
Out of all the airliner crash videos I've seen, this one scared me the most. Imagine yourself being in the situation where you have to battle a madman to survive.
Thank you for covering this, I can’t get enough of disasters avoided by the skill of the fight crew, and in addition this case, their tenacity. It’s a shame that none of them can fly commercially again. I’d also recommend the Mayday episode on this incident, as it was beautifully dramatized and shows just how hard they pushed this plane in trying to keep Calloway off balance, but also they did a pretty dramatic turn to line up for their approach. It’s probably my favorite episode of the series.
As a spotter from Memphis, I’ve caught N306FE several times. I have loved seeing their MD-10’s, but are being retired at a rate of about 1 per month. On New Year’s Eve along with 316FE, 306 will be the last retired from their fleet.
Thanks for excellent work putting together this shocking video, from a former airline pilot. Didn't know about his incident, even though I was a sales manager for UA at the time.
Absolutely fantastic video about an incident that I had no idea even happened until today. I applaud the heroism and the quick thinking of the three pilots for trying their best to fend off Calloway while also trying to land the plane safely despite severe injury.
I was also aware of this incident. I watched Seconds from Disaster, Air Emergency, and other shows of this nature. While on a flight in the United States I spoke with a pilot sitting next to me. He was very impressed with my knowledge from these shows I.e., vertical stabilizers, flaps, Alerons, pido tubes, rotation, de-icing etc. I am so glad I found a channel with fellow enthusiasts.
Not really. With the hammers (+ speargun), first strike and element of surprise all on his side... attacking two older men and a younger one who was much smaller in stature = cowardly. Not ballsy. Calloway was a sniveling lying coward, thank goodness his evil plan was foiled and he's rotting in prison for the remainder of his life.
Just watched 74gear talk about this plane catching on fire and being retired so I had to hear the story behind this too…glad to see another one of my favorite channels talking about it! Wild.
Same here! I just came from 74gear too! I already knew about the hijack incident because of Mayday: Air Disasters, but it blew my mind that this plane had another incident and it was all because of ladybugs. 🐞
Truly a miracle the 3 pilots survived this; a testament to their fight for survival - a shame their injuries prevented them from flying commercially ever again but, this could have turned out so, *so* much worse (especially considering what the hijacker intended to do with the plane.) Also a miracle the plane held up just fine doing those insane manoeuvres it was never built to do (it was a display of incredible airmanship, as you yourself said), and had a long life past this incident.
In 1988, something alike happened in Brazil, with VASP flight 375. A passenger entered the cockpit, killed the copilot and the pilot did a roll, with the 737, to disarm the attacker. Unfortunately, only the unUnited States is remembered in this whole world, "the center of the universe". Just like with Sully, TACA 110 is barely remembered, because the pilot is not US born, and even in Brazil, again, one Fokker 100 landed in the grass of a farm, killing only one cow, but like I said, there is no other country in this "America sphere". But for the channel, I really enjoy every single video, keep the good job!
I first heard about this incident from The Dollop podcast. I already knew this was going to be a wild ride but having the ATC recording really brings the chaos to life.
I am so impressed with this video - I saw the same flight covered in Aircrash Investigation, and honestly you've covered everything that video did too in such a succinct yet still all the important informative way. Aircrash investigation have interview snippets from investigators/survivors, and re-enactments that fill up the video a lot, and it's a great watch! When I saw this one was shorter and graphiced, I was worried it might have been a bit half-effort - but you included every single important line the ACI narrator did "The plane itself" "Pushing it far beyond it's design limits" "Half paralysed but keeping the lane unpredictable" and so much more. Kudos to you and you have a new subscriber!
i have seen this on Air Crash Investigation on National Geo... what i didnt know that they freakin barrel rolled it! Your version of storytelling is much better, i enjoyed this very much
I've watched the Mayday episode about this about 3 times over the years. Your version is succinct but is still able to convey the drama of this incident. Calloway's plans went awry when the original crew couldn't fly. He wagered that they would have been easier to take out. Never expected to get Vietnam Vets on the flight. True heroes!!
I've seen this video before on another channel and what an amazing feat of airmanship it is those two navy pilots have some skills and they know how to use them especially on that flight first officer doing barrel rolls, and Dave Sanders performing an amazing landing. He first flew parallel with runway 36L and then banked the aircraft 180 degrees and almost 90 degrees pulling gees to line up with the runway 36L and landing that giant fighter of an aircraft perfectly. What a truly amazing event that took place that day. For those injured pilots to perform those amazing tactics and come out on top. Wow man wow!! Great story. And thank God for those navy pilots!!!
I hadn’t heard of this incident before it appeared on this channel. The way the story is narrated coupled with the actual ATC recordings had me on the edge of my sit through out. What a relief to hear the plane and crew made it back. Thanks for making this one. I salute the 3 pilots for their bravery.
Auburn Calloway must have been paranoid. I have seen many documentaries regarding this one flight. Since this was after PSA 1771 then i am surprised no big actions were taken.
Thank you for such a detailed and informative video. I am a subscriber of the MentourPilot channel, and another subscriber asked Petter to cover this incident. I can now go back to his channel and inform people that this is available on your channel. Happy Coronation Day! 💓🇬🇧
can you imagine the blood that must have been everywhere in the galley? all of those blows and subsequent fighting upside and in zero gravity. absolutely insane. great video!
I'd heard about this case but a Wikipedia article can hardly explain just how chaotic this whole thing was. It is a miracle the pilots survived and that the Captain was able to land considering his injuries.
I will say this, I'm an advocate of mental health awareness and yes yes we all know that one should seek help before thinking about injuring themself. But, my empathy can only go so far when one attempts to bring others with them. Just cause one wants to die doesn't mean others do. If you feel like you just gotta harm yourself, don't do it at the expense of others.
oh god, this is one of those absolutely insane incidents. flying a DC-10 right up against its limits because not doing so means Maybe You Will Die is INTENSE
The flight crew did a wonderful job of fighting off the monster and returning to safety. Worst wishes for Auburn Calloway. May he rot behind bars and regret his evil deed forever.
My 6 year old's favorite episode of Mayday/Air Crash Investigation is about this incident, so we would look at Flight Radar24 and keep track of this plane. N306FE was one of FedEx's final MD-10s to be retired, and there's a petition with 19.1k signatures to preserve it. Where that will go, who knows, but ... would be neat to take her to see it someday.
@@robertmcghintheorca49 Don’t encourage this BS! It’s too young for the entire series. They should be watching something fun and relatable… not airplanes crashing for reasons they can’t begin to comprehend. Not to mention all the screaming, blood, fires, and people dying. This is coming from someone who was given unlimited access to hundreds of cable channels, my own computer in my room with internet access where I would view a lot of messed up 💩, and any M-rated video game I wanted as a kid - all of which definitely desensitized me by the time I was 10. If this isn’t a well-concocted troll bait story, I’d guess this isn’t the extent of their piss poor parenting capabilities… so this kid is likely going to have some issues far worse than a conditioned fear of flying. Luckily, junior will probably have an iPhone so they can phone a therapist in the next year or two, if they don’t already.
The recording really conveys the urgency and gravity of the situation. It's not often that you hear a pilot sounding so shaken. They're usually composed in conversations with the ATC
@DisasterBreakdown you won't believe it but exactly this airframe had a fire in his cargo area and made a emergency landing at Tulsa this year. It's scrapped now I think but not sure, you can make another video with the same airframe
Speaking of recommendations could you do a video on Arrow Air Flight 1285R. 248 soldiers died and all crew died coming back to fort Campbell and there are a lot of out there theories involving this incident. Just thought it would be interesting and my dad knew a lot of the soldiers on board.
Great job on this mini-documentary -- and yes, it should be a Disaster Breakdown vid! I remember this as it happened -- well, at least as the news reported it that day. It was unimaginable to me that such a thing could happen. I was also astounded at how the badly injured pilots still were able to fight off and subdue their able-bodied military-trained attacker, AND perform disorienting aerobatic maneuvers in a commercial airliner, AND safely land the plane after all that transpired. I'm happy and pleased that the attacker's insanity plea was tossed, and that he was sentenced to two life terms. Even so, it seems lacking, especially since he single-handedly ended the pilots' careers and means of income. Question: Does anyone know if those pilots received any compensatory monies as a result of this horrific act? I would hope that FedEx stepped up and gave those heroes substantial pensions. Food for Thought: If this sort of thing happened today, say, in an Airbus, the outcome might have been catastrophically different. The Airbus (and similar F.B.W. aircraft), have several active and operational safeguards that prevent pilots from doing barrel rolls, high-G turns, steep climbs & dives, and likewise prevent pilots from exceeding the design limits of the plane. Those things can still be done after the protection safeguards have been completely disabled (Direct Law in Airbuses, Direct Mode in Boeing 777s & up) -- BUT, at least in Airbuses, there is no easy way to force Direct Law. Given that, an incapacitated pilot might not be able to, physically and/or mentally, do what is required to force Direct Law/Mode.
Thank you for your spin on my favorite aviation story of bravery and heroism. By the way did you ever see Calloway's website? He paints himself as a victim. It's pathetic and sad. He was also a highly skilled martial arts black belt fighter. I'm glad that he's at Florence Supermax. That's what he deserves. So sad that the stole those three men's occupation from them.
I love this channel. I literally forget a new video is uploaded every saturday until my saturday work day lunch break and see it pop up in my feed and im like "NEW VIDEO 😲😲😲😲😲"
I have the book documenting this incident. So crazy especially with the pre-9/11 hijacking and terror plot. The pilots are heroes and it's very unfortunate that they were unable to return to the skies. I'm happy that that loser won't ever be able to see daylight again , he deserves no freedom.
I drive a sweeper truck on the fedex Memphis property. I often drive around looking for it. Just recently involved in an incident where some insects crawled into a smoke detector causing a false alarm.
These videos are always interesting to watch and I've enjoyed watching them for a while now. I always loved watching Air Crash Investigation when I was younger but these add another element when you can hear actual recordings from the cockpit. One I've been interested by and would love to see you cover if you ever feel like it would be PanAm Flight 759, I don't think there's too many videos covering it.
I can't stand people who are so cowardly that they try to take out other people with them when attempt suicide. It makes you look back at all of his decision with skepticism wondering if he was a ticking time-bomb all along. He brought this upon himself, you never ever lie about how many flight-hours you've accrued. Trying to kill innocent men along with you is despicable cowardly behavior. Also, the 3 crew members had such extensive and gruesome injuries to the head that they're extremely lucky to have stayed conscious and survived. One of them had especially horrific head injuries, I can't remember which one maybe the captain.
A slightly different idea for a plane crash video: on (of all days) 1st April 1993, reigning NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Alan Kulwicki, and 3 people associated with the restaurant chain Hooters, were enroute from a promotional event at Knoxville, Tennessee, to the next NASCAR race in Bristol, Tennessee. Travelling in a Fairchild SA-227 TT turboprop, registration N500AK, the pilot was in communication with ATC up to just before half past 9 in the evening, when contact was lost. The plane crashed 5.5 miles northeast of the intended destination, Tri-Cities Regional Airport, near the town of Blountville, Tennessee. There were no survivors. Understandably, the motorsport community, already in Bristol, was shocked and saddened by the death of not just the reigning NASCAR Cup Series Champion, but 3 lives of his sponsor, Hooters, lost their lives as well in one cruel blow. As one of the NASCAR pundits, Eli Gold, said of the atmosphere as Alan Kulwicki's team made the solemn journey in their transporter round the Oval to leave the track: "With sleet falling, making the atmosphere even more sullen, fellow competitors and fans stood in silence, as the Kulwicki race team transporter, slowly made its way around the half mile Bristol International Raceway. NASCAR's assistant flagman, Mike Chaplin, saluted the Champion, by waving the chequered flag one final time," A later investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, stated that a probable cause of the accident was the pilot failing to activate the engine anti-ice system.
Fantastic video on it and I really enjoyed hearing about an airliner incident that doesnʻt even involve the loss of a big beautiful plane like that. Thank you and I hope youʻre having an amazing day!
I don’t know if this incident was mentioned, but in Brazil we had a rather similar situation. VASP Flight 375, in Sep 29th, 1988, who was hijacked by a disgruntled passenger that killed the first officer. Pilot used the airplane as his weapon, making a tunneau and a spin in a Boeing 737-300 disabling the hijacker.
The hijacker wanted to throw the airplane at Palácio do Planalto, brazilian presidential house, but the pilot sucessfully landed the plane in Goiânia Airport. The hijacker was shot and died 2 days later in prison, but shockingly, the coroner said he died by a rare medical condition, freeing the security forces of charge. This coroner, named Badan Palhares, have a full set of controversial investigations.
The unsung hero is the aircraft itself, for not getting torn apart flying beyond it's design limits.
Not to mention N306FE continued on to have a very successful service life with FedEx following the incident and is still serving reliably with them to this day.
You're almost there ;-) The actual heroes, as for example also in motor racing, are the engineers who constructed and built the airplane. Engineers like me 😄
@@wassollderscheiss33 Yeah, that's the implication but didn't get pages long wordy about it. A follows from B, etc. Everyone else made that connection and you didn't, are you sure you're a _qualified_ engineer?
@@pigpuke Strange comment. Did I come across hostile? I didn't mean to.
@@wassollderscheiss33 hmm, perhaps my response was more hostile than it should have been - still, the implication was the people involved in the design/production/construction of the aircraft, I was just being more succinct in my OP.
"He had one weapon he could use, THE PLANE ITSELF."
This story deserves an action movie to recreate this insane flight!
I think so.
@@acnhsasha3085 I am aspiring screenwriter and considered doing a movie on that, though normally survival as character motivation is hard to make it not cliché. The more interesting character is sadly the murderer, to due thinking he worth more dead than alive to his family, but he still beyond scummy. It is a hard to adapt into a three act story.
I have Michael Bay on line 2. Should I put him through?
That would be so cool!
@@inovakovsky do a movie on it...I would certainly go see it!
I’ve known about this incident, but was unaware that they’d barrel rolled a DC-10. The flight simulations convey so much more than an article or report could.
I remember this incident from the episode of Mayday/Air Disaster. He said in the interview that he hoped by doing so, that the gravity kept the attacker pinned which would help the other two flight officers to keep him down, that his military training helped him survive.
He pressed Z or R twice
Yea this was a highly skilled pilot. I too remember the air disasters video.
Yeah I had no clue they were inverted. Amazing heroism and composure by these brave pilots. I hope they were compensated and taken care of given their life changing injuries.
@@chdreturns Still there was a Higher Power involved chdreturns.
One of the most harrowing air incidents I've ever heard about. Dave Sanders, Jim Tucker and Andy Peterson are true heroes
hard to listen to. what a horrible incident!
They all received the Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal Award for heroism. Which is the highest award a civilian pilot can achieve.
Hopefully they received more than gold medals, since they basically could not work again. Nothing like losing a career due to heroism.
@@kenmore01 well they were heroic. Its so hard to achieve that award. If im right not even Sully got it.
Points reduced for not throwing Calloway out of the airlock or for not bludgeoning him to death with a fire extinguisher.
When the pilot in control was in the middle of chaos he used the word ‘please’ when requesting help. He sounded relatively calm after being assaulted, listening to his crew mates fighting the madman and flying the plane at the same time.
It sickens me that the assaulter ruined the careers of those three brave pilots. They trained their entire lives to be pilots and in one moment they became too physically and emotionally wrecked to fly commercially again. I hope FedEx compensated them very well. They should have compensated them with the amount the plane was worth since they saved it from crashing.
I agree...they should have gotten enough money to live very comfortable lives...at least the amount they would have made over their careers
@@juliemanarin4127 they did FedEx took care of them they are still being payed for their service so I heard
@@jakefox589 considering that they safed fedex millions of dollars for saving the airplane from wreckage, that alone is should be awared with lifetime payments
Wow. Got chills during the atc recording. “Just keep talking to me” could you imagine what Is going through his head. Those pilots are hero’s amongst men.
He was probably wanting to stay in conversation to keep himself conscious too. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to land a plane that size with one working arm and a serious head injury.
The pilot still used the word ‘please’ when requesting help from ATC. Amazing pilots on board.
@@VillaFanDan92 Yeah really, I got that too. He was worried he'd lose consciousness if he didn't stay mentally active. I also wonder if he may have been worried he'd misheard or failed to remember. O-o' Guy obviously was suffering from a concussion and knew it.
“Listen just keep talking to me okay?”
Damn. Dudes on the verge of passing out while doing this all.
I’ve heard from Fedex workers that the dent on some areas in the cockpit that was caused by Calloway’s hammer is still visible to this day. And Many crews nicknamed the DC-10 the Calloway cruiser
I've been on that plane when it was parked at IND. And if you know where to look, yes you could see the signs of the struggle in 2022.
We Hoped this Plane would not be Scrapped, instead be preserve in a Aviation Museum.
@@ajmillendez478 it is retired and scrapped at and parts from the scrapped plane were used for other aircraft and dented parts were dumped at the damaged parts and services ground management dump or DPSGMD.
@@shibukurian79 sad news it's a little too late.
I remember this incident on the episode of Mayday. Dude did a barrel roll that went beyond the plane's limit to throw off the attacker in hopes that gravity helped the others fend him off. To paraphrase, he said in the interview that his military training kicked in even though he was in severe pain. These guys were big time heros!
I heard in one account they were completely inverted fighting on the ceiling of the plane in the cockpit.
They sure were!! Great flying skills in both pilots!
did you know all of that information is already in the video?
It's crazy how that happens. In some of the CVR recordings from other accidents the pilots are eerily calm. No sign of panic or fear I think that the extensive training that pilots have basically conditions them to ignore it. Same thing with astronauts.
He flew the DC-10 like a fighter jet. Always remember that you can use whatever vehicle you’re operating as a weapon in a last ditch situation. This story definitely qualifies as “last ditch situation”.
How the crew was able to survive this is basically a miracle.
yeah having a third person was the key.
@@marhawkman303 Well in any case, glad they did, and Aubrey Calloway is rotting in federal prison for the rest of his miserable life.
@@marhawkman303 The crew on the original flight Calloway planned to take down would have stood no chance whatsoever.
This plane is still flying for fedex as an MD-10, which is a DC-10 that has received an avionics upgrade to resemble the MD-11 so that MD-11 pilots can fly the upgraded DC/MD-10s with an MD-11 type rating and minimal additional training. FedEx is the inventor of the MD-10 concept and is the only operator of the MD-10.
I was speaking to an MD pilot a few days ago who had just flown N306FE last week and he didn’t know it was the one that was involved in this. Another pilot told me that there is still evidence of dried blood underneath the glare shield and in the cracks of the cockpit furnishings if you know where to look.
Every time I see a FedEx trijet I look for N306FE. I haven’t seen it yet but I am going to keep looking until they officially retire all their MD-10s.
Insane story. Thank you for the video.
After seeing another video, I did research. While working the FedEx ramp at KIND, I'd be on the lookout for this airframe.
Imagine my surprise when we were assigned to offload this plane. Yeah, I had to go topside and look. And if you know where to look, yes you can see where the struggle ensued.
It was obvious now that unlike in movie, a single blow of hammer to the head, even fracturing skull, didn't instantly kill someone. It's sad they lost their job, yet they're still alive. Thank you for your amazing work!
Sometimes it does. Not usually, though. Mileage may vary.
Depends on where one is hit. Even if it doesn’t immediately kill, it can sure mess up your life, as we see. Traumatic brain injuries are no joke! What is definitely untrue about the movies is the hero being hit in the head in any way and just immediately shaking it off.
If you want to kill, the claw of the hammer with the weight of the rest of the head behind it would be what did it in one blow. Very glad this brave fellow survived
@@izzi8459 yeah, the guy trying to murder the cabin crew just didn't know how to do it right. 'cause he used ball-peen hammers. Sure it'll crack the skull, but... you need multiple hits to kill.
Hats off to those men for stepping it up and saving the day. What a sad ending hearing that they could never fly again. They lost so much but prevented a tragedy.
Agreed...terrible for them and a horrendous act of cowardice for the attacker
What a complete nutcase, hope he is having a hard time in prison and I hope he rots there- what a greedy, manipulative and dangerous individual. In contrast may the brave crew live a long prosperous life and enjoy their retirement. Your bravery not only saved your lives, but the lives of many on the ground.
He's in ADX Florence, serving life without parole in permanent solitary confinement along with the other inmates such as the Unabomber, the Shoe Bomber, and the Underwear Bomber. Rest assured he's not having an easy time of it. ;)
UPDATE: As of May 2024, Calloway is currently at USP Coleman I in Florida.
The captain of the original crew was someone who went by the book.. Calloway tried to persuade him to manipulate the working hour logs so they arent replaced by any other crew. But the captain insisted on doing the right thing and hence Calloway ended up dead heading with the replaced crew. Things would have gone pretty different if the original crew had flown the route (the captain, a female first officer nd Calloway as flight engineer)
*Bonk*
*female bonk*
*Crash*
Is what I'd imagine would have happened
@@samuelmatheson9655 with a little bit of sexytime in between
I occasionally use fedex for a ride home, and this still affects the captains who were there at the time... They will not allow anyone in the flight deck jumpseats, only the cargo area jumpseats.
When N306FE retires it should be preserved such a iconic aircraft with a history!
it should go to an air museum
I've ridden on it... The MD10 conversion flight decks are way nicer than the md11. Aside from knowing the tail number, you never know what aircraft it was!
N306FE aka John
@@BobbyGeneric145 N306FE aka John.
Agreed!
Wow!! What a story..Those 3 men were so brave and didn’t give up without a fight. Although no lives were lost..it is sad that the 3 men lost their careers because of this guy.
I love all your videos but this one was very interesting and definitely one of my favourites. Thanks for all your hard work Chloe 😊
Even though their careers were lost at least they have their lives which is the best thing🙏🏾💯
Lets` hope, once retired, that plane gets to survive in a museum in honour of the crew!
i dont think it will be sadly :( i think its gonna be scrapped
recently just rewatched the Mayday episode of this and i've always been amazed how the FO just piloted the plane like it was a fighter jet. it also makes me so sad to remember that those three pilots could never fly again -- their last statements from the Mayday ep stuck with me and it's so heartwrenching to recall.
thank you for covering this one! i'm excited to get more details on this incident and love that you included the ATC recording on this one as usual -- to be able to hear the actual struggle is just...wow
This as many other stories was a fight between the most dark places a human is willing to go and the need to survive to see another day. It really shows the conflicting nature of the human condition.
Not just losing his job at FedEx, but given WHY he'd be fired (falsifying records THAT important), he'd likely be blacklisted from the American aviation industry as a whole *forever*
He still could work in other countries, however. I'm puzzled at this, really and especially when people say "oh Russian/Soviet pilots are such and such and they just have to work in Africa", well that applies to anyone, really.
@@IvanDmitriev1 I think he can support his family by working abroad. That guy needed help and prison for even conspiring life insurance fraud and murder alone.
As he should have been. He put others at risk every time he flew with falsified records on his experience
He's still an absolute POS. Why does he need to kill 3 people, crash a plane, and die just because he'll have to get a different job? Oh, poor him, he's a liar, so he'll have to slum it like regular people.
Wow, I had put this on while getting ready for work, but this story … I had to sit down and watch the whole thing. What tremendous heroism by those individuals. Thank you for telling this story in such a clear and engaging way!
The plane involved N306FE is still in service as of the upload date. Aldo Captain David Sanders, First Officer Jim Tucker and Flight Engineer Andy Peterson were decorated with the Airline Pilots Association Gold Medal Award for heroism. Which is the highest decoration a civilian pilot can achieve. And its so rarely awarded not even Captain Cheselin 'Sully' Sullenberger was awarded it. Puts into perspective the level of pure heroism and airmanship that crew displayed. Why this hasnt become a Hollywood blockbuster yet is outrageous. MAKE IT HAPPEN! And in keeping with the incredible story of FedEx 705 as a Hollywood blockbuster why not have Brad Pitt as Captain Sanders, Leo Di Caprio as First Officer Tucker, Chris Pine as Flight Engineer Peterson and the go to Hollywood villain actor of the modern day Idris Elba as Calloway. Thats a film i would see in cinemas.
Me too! Great choices for the actors!
Hopefully those brave crew members were given compensation for not being able to fly for profit anymore
I thought about that. Since they saved a plane worth about $300 million those pilots should have received $100 million each. That would be the right thing to do but I’m sure FedEx would never do that.
They all actually were given early medical retirement and still receive a monthly check as well as compensation from corporate, for not only saving the plane but, all its cargo as well. Not 100% positive but heard that they each had received 1 million dollars along with their monthly retirement through the board at FedEx.
@@geoffedmonds6507 Thanks. They deserved that and more. They saved $300,000,000 at least in the cost of the plane. I’m glad they were taken care of since all of them lost their dream of continuing to fly commercially. I hope they are doing well.
So glad to hear these men were rewarded.
This needs to be a movie. One of the craziest air incidents ever.
When you hear about pilots or airline crew on board with the malicious intent of using the airplane as a weapon, it's more often the case of these people being desperate and that murder-suicide is their "final solution". While the FedEx flight 705 is an example of an averted suicide attempt, there are countless other that ended tragically. There's the PSA Flight 1771 where a disgruntled ex-PSA employee put his plan in motion to kill his ex-boss and later everyone else on board. There's also the SilkAir Flight 185 where it was revealed that the captain's financial state was in dire straits following the Asian market crash and a life insurance that gave him motive to deliberately crash the plane (though the Indonesian authorities rebuffed claims of suicide). And one of the most recent cases of plane suicide - the Germanwings Flight 9525, while not financially motivated, the crash was deliberate as Andreas Lubitz's state of mind was bad and if he was found out by Lufthansa that he was lying about (or hiding) his mental health, it would've categorically meant the end of his aviation career.
While some are not deliberate (i.e. intentionally using an aircraft as a weapon), they're cases that are rather caused by an erratic behaviour from one of the pilots. One of those curious cases is that of Northwest Airlink Flight 5719. During the investigation, it was revealed that captain Marvin Falitz had several anger outburts towards colleagues and other personnel in the past, including during Flight 57190. In one instance he was livid at the company's policy requiring pilots to relocate to the smaller cities outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul area (Northwest Airlink had been operating there from 1984 til it's discontinuation in 2010). Though his actions weren't malicious as those of FedEx 705, PSA 1771, SilkAir 185 or Germanwings 9525, Falitz's actions in general as well as his proneness to anger outbursts were contributing factors that led to the crash outside Hibbing, MN.
We’ll never know how many planes were crashed by suicidal pilots.
That's impressive detail! MH370 was almost certainly also a pilot suicide. If you recall, it was a seemingly mysterious disappearance when initially reported. But subsequent evidence now made public both about the pilot's personal life and the flight route casts severe doubt on other theories.
China Eastern 5735 crash likely yet another
@@MovieMakingMan you know we know of every commercial instance of pilot suicide right? They're incredibly rare. In the entire commercial aviation history there has only been 6 or 7 instances.
@@JustJezBeingJez What I said I’d we don’t know the total number of pilot suicides and no one could tell how many there have been. I didn’t mention suicides in commercial aircraft. My statement included all pilots that could have taken their own lives as well as fellow passengers. But we’ll also never know how many suicides were in commercial aircraft either. CVRs could have been disabled, not working or non existent even in commercial aircraft. So we wouldn’t know what happened in those flights. In some situations if one crew member left the cockpit for some reason the remaining pilot could have dove the plane toward the ground and the cause the crash. It couldn’t be determined with the FDR. It’s sad to think about pilots deliberately crashing planes and killing everyone on board.
@@MovieMakingMan Wikipedia literally lists them you numpty!
"It's sort of under control" is quite the understatement.
over, not under
I can't even imagine. It's hard enough just to fly and land properly without somebody attacking you.
Basically it went like,
"express 705 is you situation under control"
"Uh, yeah, at the moment. I have him pinned to the ceiling."
"Say again, 705?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm flying upside down"
Only pilots and aviation nerds understand the gravity of that action. And he was partially blinded and paralyzed from a TBI.
Fn'ing legend.
Duuuude... That FO is badass... Flying with one arm with a DC10 doing a barrel roll while struggling to concentrate and with the plan beyond it's capacity, and an attacker continuing his attack. THEN is successful with the assisting subduing with the attempted murderer... That's some hero level shit. Don't get me wrong, but all three are BA. But, that FO...that's next level even above the other two. Definitely impacting the results of this were the pilot and FO being Vietnam vets when combating a Navy vet contributed to the drama of this fight.
Out of all the airliner crash videos I've seen, this one scared me the most. Imagine yourself being in the situation where you have to battle a madman to survive.
Battle a madman *with a brain injury*
@@trouty7947 madman nonetheless, brain injury or no, the crew members were battling to save the plane and their lives.
Thank you for covering this, I can’t get enough of disasters avoided by the skill of the fight crew, and in addition this case, their tenacity. It’s a shame that none of them can fly commercially again.
I’d also recommend the Mayday episode on this incident, as it was beautifully dramatized and shows just how hard they pushed this plane in trying to keep Calloway off balance, but also they did a pretty dramatic turn to line up for their approach. It’s probably my favorite episode of the series.
Man, I am from Memphis born and raised. I have never even knew about this.
As a spotter from Memphis, I’ve caught N306FE several times. I have loved seeing their MD-10’s, but are being retired at a rate of about 1 per month. On New Year’s Eve along with 316FE, 306 will be the last retired from their fleet.
@David McDonald N306FE aka John
and the plane is STILL IN SERVICE, or at least was recently.
incredible.
N306FE aka John is still in service and going strong.
Thanks for excellent work putting together this shocking video, from a former airline pilot.
Didn't know about his incident, even though I was a sales manager for UA at the time.
Yes! Was wondering if you were gonna make one on this incident. Absolutely unbelievable story, like something from an OTT action movie
I’ve watched all your videos and absolutely loved this one. Great job.
I agree. I've seen other YT channels cover this incident and I was still amazed with the outstanding content of this video.
Absolutely fantastic video about an incident that I had no idea even happened until today. I applaud the heroism and the quick thinking of the three pilots for trying their best to fend off Calloway while also trying to land the plane safely despite severe injury.
I was also aware of this incident. I watched Seconds from Disaster, Air Emergency, and other shows of this nature. While on a flight in the United States I spoke with a pilot sitting next to me. He was very impressed with my knowledge from these shows I.e., vertical stabilizers, flaps, Alerons, pido tubes, rotation, de-icing etc. I am so glad I found a channel with fellow enthusiasts.
I have to say it's quite ballsy to take on 3 guys without a gun. Still glad they fought back and saved the plane
You’re right…takes the balls of a savage to do so. SAVAGE.
Not really. With the hammers (+ speargun), first strike and element of surprise all on his side... attacking two older men and a younger one who was much smaller in stature = cowardly. Not ballsy.
Calloway was a sniveling lying coward, thank goodness his evil plan was foiled and he's rotting in prison for the remainder of his life.
Just watched 74gear talk about this plane catching on fire and being retired so I had to hear the story behind this too…glad to see another one of my favorite channels talking about it! Wild.
Same here! I just came from 74gear too! I already knew about the hijack incident because of Mayday: Air Disasters, but it blew my mind that this plane had another incident and it was all because of ladybugs. 🐞
Truly a miracle the 3 pilots survived this; a testament to their fight for survival - a shame their injuries prevented them from flying commercially ever again but, this could have turned out so, *so* much worse (especially considering what the hijacker intended to do with the plane.) Also a miracle the plane held up just fine doing those insane manoeuvres it was never built to do (it was a display of incredible airmanship, as you yourself said), and had a long life past this incident.
"Well, ain't life a MUTHAFUCKA???"
The first officer was incredibly calm when talking to ATC!
In 1988, something alike happened in Brazil, with VASP flight 375. A passenger entered the cockpit, killed the copilot and the pilot did a roll, with the 737, to disarm the attacker. Unfortunately, only the unUnited States is remembered in this whole world, "the center of the universe". Just like with Sully, TACA 110 is barely remembered, because the pilot is not US born, and even in Brazil, again, one Fokker 100 landed in the grass of a farm, killing only one cow, but like I said, there is no other country in this "America sphere". But for the channel, I really enjoy every single video, keep the good job!
I first heard about this incident from The Dollop podcast. I already knew this was going to be a wild ride but having the ATC recording really brings the chaos to life.
I am so impressed with this video - I saw the same flight covered in Aircrash Investigation, and honestly you've covered everything that video did too in such a succinct yet still all the important informative way. Aircrash investigation have interview snippets from investigators/survivors, and re-enactments that fill up the video a lot, and it's a great watch! When I saw this one was shorter and graphiced, I was worried it might have been a bit half-effort - but you included every single important line the ACI narrator did "The plane itself" "Pushing it far beyond it's design limits" "Half paralysed but keeping the lane unpredictable" and so much more.
Kudos to you and you have a new subscriber!
i have seen this on Air Crash Investigation on National Geo...
what i didnt know that they freakin barrel rolled it!
Your version of storytelling is much better, i enjoyed this very much
Awesome to hear Commercial pilots able to kick ass with hard core acrobatics in their huge jets when the chips are down - and survive.
I believe they were all ex military, two served in Nam.
I've watched the Mayday episode about this about 3 times over the years. Your version is succinct but is still able to convey the drama of this incident. Calloway's plans went awry when the original crew couldn't fly. He wagered that they would have been easier to take out. Never expected to get Vietnam Vets on the flight. True heroes!!
This channel is fantastic. Direct, to the point, clear explanation, accurate information.
I've seen this video before on another channel and what an amazing feat of airmanship it is those two navy pilots have some skills and they know how to use them especially on that flight first officer doing barrel rolls, and Dave Sanders performing an amazing landing. He first flew parallel with runway 36L and then banked the aircraft 180 degrees and almost 90 degrees pulling gees to line up with the runway 36L and landing that giant fighter of an aircraft perfectly. What a truly amazing event that took place that day. For those injured pilots to perform those amazing tactics and come out on top. Wow man wow!! Great story. And thank God for those navy pilots!!!
Was waiting for your upload from morning
bro actually barrel rolled a dc-10 and did not break up. Wow, the 3 pilots are heroes (including the plane for withstanding that much g-forces)
Thank you for covering this event in your usual professional and respectful way.
Love your videos,i always listen to them to fall asleep
Glad you like them!
bit weird to fall asleep to?
I hadn’t heard of this incident before it appeared on this channel. The way the story is narrated coupled with the actual ATC recordings had me on the edge of my sit through out. What a relief to hear the plane and crew made it back. Thanks for making this one. I salute the 3 pilots for their bravery.
Another great video, Ms Howie!
Thanks for watching!
Seriously. Such great video quality and excellent storytelling. Thank you!
excuse me what?
Amazing that the plane is still in service. I am so glad that you did a video on this.
Auburn Calloway must have been paranoid.
I have seen many documentaries regarding this one flight.
Since this was after PSA 1771 then i am surprised no big actions were taken.
Thank you for such a detailed and informative video.
I am a subscriber of the MentourPilot channel, and another subscriber asked Petter to cover this incident.
I can now go back to his channel and inform people that this is available on your channel.
Happy Coronation Day! 💓🇬🇧
I have worked on 306FE after the conversion to a MD10 a bunch of times!!
Aw man, I was wondering when you’d cover this one! Easily the most fascinating attempted hijacking I’ve ever heard of.
In the midst of this horror, let's take a moment to appreciate the wholesomeness of cargo operators giving a second life to old airframes.
can you imagine the blood that must have been everywhere in the galley? all of those blows and subsequent fighting upside and in zero gravity. absolutely insane.
great video!
There is an air disasters documentary on it with interviews from all the pilots. It’s on UA-cam, there is a very bloody re-creation
I think the people that had to clean out the galley know that all too well
I'd heard about this case but a Wikipedia article can hardly explain just how chaotic this whole thing was. It is a miracle the pilots survived and that the Captain was able to land considering his injuries.
I will say this, I'm an advocate of mental health awareness and yes yes we all know that one should seek help before thinking about injuring themself. But, my empathy can only go so far when one attempts to bring others with them. Just cause one wants to die doesn't mean others do. If you feel like you just gotta harm yourself, don't do it at the expense of others.
oh god, this is one of those absolutely insane incidents. flying a DC-10 right up against its limits because not doing so means Maybe You Will Die is INTENSE
Great to see a DC actively saving lives for a change!
The flight crew did a wonderful job of fighting off the monster and returning to safety. Worst wishes for Auburn Calloway. May he rot behind bars and regret his evil deed forever.
My 6 year old's favorite episode of Mayday/Air Crash Investigation is about this incident, so we would look at Flight Radar24 and keep track of this plane. N306FE was one of FedEx's final MD-10s to be retired, and there's a petition with 19.1k signatures to preserve it. Where that will go, who knows, but ... would be neat to take her to see it someday.
Six years old?! Crikey, that's young for such a brutal story. Still, it's nice to see that "Mayday" has a small community of brave little fans.
@@robertmcghintheorca49 Don’t encourage this BS! It’s too young for the entire series. They should be watching something fun and relatable… not airplanes crashing for reasons they can’t begin to comprehend. Not to mention all the screaming, blood, fires, and people dying. This is coming from someone who was given unlimited access to hundreds of cable channels, my own computer in my room with internet access where I would view a lot of messed up 💩, and any M-rated video game I wanted as a kid - all of which definitely desensitized me by the time I was 10.
If this isn’t a well-concocted troll bait story, I’d guess this isn’t the extent of their piss poor parenting capabilities… so this kid is likely going to have some issues far worse than a conditioned fear of flying. Luckily, junior will probably have an iPhone so they can phone a therapist in the next year or two, if they don’t already.
No matter how many times I hear this story... It always gets my anxiety going
It's sad that while the involve plane is still in service today the 2 of those 3 pilots are not anymore.
There is a video of an interview with the pilots but I don’t know how to find it. Also N306FE aka John.
Great video as always, never heard of this incident before. One of my favourite channels on UA-cam.
The recording really conveys the urgency and gravity of the situation. It's not often that you hear a pilot sounding so shaken. They're usually composed in conversations with the ATC
@DisasterBreakdown you won't believe it but exactly this airframe had a fire in his cargo area and made a emergency landing at Tulsa this year. It's scrapped now I think but not sure, you can make another video with the same airframe
What a treat it is to wake up to a new upload from you! 🥰❤️ Thank you
Speaking of recommendations could you do a video on Arrow Air Flight 1285R. 248 soldiers died and all crew died coming back to fort Campbell and there are a lot of out there theories involving this incident. Just thought it would be interesting and my dad knew a lot of the soldiers on board.
Hijackers: Now be good boys or else.
Pilot: *COWABUNGA IT IS*
Fun fact this exact DC10 continued service and was the last commercial flight of the DC10 for Fedex about a month ago
Great job on this mini-documentary -- and yes, it should be a Disaster Breakdown vid!
I remember this as it happened -- well, at least as the news reported it that day. It was unimaginable to me that such a thing could happen. I was also astounded at how the badly injured pilots still were able to fight off and subdue their able-bodied military-trained attacker, AND perform disorienting aerobatic maneuvers in a commercial airliner, AND safely land the plane after all that transpired.
I'm happy and pleased that the attacker's insanity plea was tossed, and that he was sentenced to two life terms. Even so, it seems lacking, especially since he single-handedly ended the pilots' careers and means of income.
Question: Does anyone know if those pilots received any compensatory monies as a result of this horrific act? I would hope that FedEx stepped up and gave those heroes substantial pensions.
Food for Thought:
If this sort of thing happened today, say, in an Airbus, the outcome might have been catastrophically different. The Airbus (and similar F.B.W. aircraft), have several active and operational safeguards that prevent pilots from doing barrel rolls, high-G turns, steep climbs & dives, and likewise prevent pilots from exceeding the design limits of the plane. Those things can still be done after the protection safeguards have been completely disabled (Direct Law in Airbuses, Direct Mode in Boeing 777s & up) -- BUT, at least in Airbuses, there is no easy way to force Direct Law. Given that, an incapacitated pilot might not be able to, physically and/or mentally, do what is required to force Direct Law/Mode.
Thank you for your spin on my favorite aviation story of bravery and heroism. By the way did you ever see Calloway's website? He paints himself as a victim. It's pathetic and sad. He was also a highly skilled martial arts black belt fighter. I'm glad that he's at Florence Supermax. That's what he deserves. So sad that the stole those three men's occupation from them.
I love this channel. I literally forget a new video is uploaded every saturday until my saturday work day lunch break and see it pop up in my feed and im like "NEW VIDEO 😲😲😲😲😲"
I have the book documenting this incident. So crazy especially with the pre-9/11 hijacking and terror plot.
The pilots are heroes and it's very unfortunate that they were unable to return to the skies.
I'm happy that that loser won't ever be able to see daylight again , he deserves no freedom.
I drive a sweeper truck on the fedex Memphis property. I often drive around looking for it. Just recently involved in an incident where some insects crawled into a smoke detector causing a false alarm.
Your videos are great! Thanks for sharing
Thats horrible What kind of human can do that?
The heroism of that crew is beyond what i can describe. Such a nightmare scenario to live.
These videos are always interesting to watch and I've enjoyed watching them for a while now. I always loved watching Air Crash Investigation when I was younger but these add another element when you can hear actual recordings from the cockpit. One I've been interested by and would love to see you cover if you ever feel like it would be PanAm Flight 759, I don't think there's too many videos covering it.
I can't stand people who are so cowardly that they try to take out other people with them when attempt suicide. It makes you look back at all of his decision with skepticism wondering if he was a ticking time-bomb all along. He brought this upon himself, you never ever lie about how many flight-hours you've accrued. Trying to kill innocent men along with you is despicable cowardly behavior. Also, the 3 crew members had such extensive and gruesome injuries to the head that they're extremely lucky to have stayed conscious and survived. One of them had especially horrific head injuries, I can't remember which one maybe the captain.
5:01 Is it just me, or is the central body landing gear missing? I think you used a DC-10-10SF. N306FE was actually a DC-10-30AF.
crazy story, never stop being amazed every time i hear it. great video, as always!
A slightly different idea for a plane crash video: on (of all days) 1st April 1993, reigning NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Alan Kulwicki, and 3 people associated with the restaurant chain Hooters, were enroute from a promotional event at Knoxville, Tennessee, to the next NASCAR race in Bristol, Tennessee. Travelling in a Fairchild SA-227 TT turboprop, registration N500AK, the pilot was in communication with ATC up to just before half past 9 in the evening, when contact was lost.
The plane crashed 5.5 miles northeast of the intended destination, Tri-Cities Regional Airport, near the town of Blountville, Tennessee. There were no survivors.
Understandably, the motorsport community, already in Bristol, was shocked and saddened by the death of not just the reigning NASCAR Cup Series Champion, but 3 lives of his sponsor, Hooters, lost their lives as well in one cruel blow. As one of the NASCAR pundits, Eli Gold, said of the atmosphere as Alan Kulwicki's team made the solemn journey in their transporter round the Oval to leave the track:
"With sleet falling, making the atmosphere even more sullen, fellow competitors and fans stood in silence, as the Kulwicki race team transporter, slowly made its way around the half mile Bristol International Raceway. NASCAR's assistant flagman, Mike Chaplin, saluted the Champion, by waving the chequered flag one final time,"
A later investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, stated that a probable cause of the accident was the pilot failing to activate the engine anti-ice system.
I had an interesting suggestion for a documentary. Could you do one on the 1990 Guangzhou baiyun airport collisions. Hint: this involves 3 planes
What an incredible story. Thank you for sharing this analysis.
The crazy thing is calloway would have been the 3rd member of the crew but the previous crew went over time by 1 minute. 😮
Fantastic video on it and I really enjoyed hearing about an airliner incident that doesnʻt even involve the loss of a big beautiful plane like that. Thank you and I hope youʻre having an amazing day!
- Give up captain, you're unarmed and defenseless!
- That's what you think Calloway. I HAVE A GODDAMN PLANE!
**Barrel Rolls**
This is an interesting story 😮 It was scary. I keep hoping the pilots were okay. Nice story telling 😱.
I literally just watched a vid about this incident a few days ago and was amazed
I don’t know if this incident was mentioned, but in Brazil we had a rather similar situation. VASP Flight 375, in Sep 29th, 1988, who was hijacked by a disgruntled passenger that killed the first officer. Pilot used the airplane as his weapon, making a tunneau and a spin in a Boeing 737-300 disabling the hijacker.
The hijacker wanted to throw the airplane at Palácio do Planalto, brazilian presidential house, but the pilot sucessfully landed the plane in Goiânia Airport. The hijacker was shot and died 2 days later in prison, but shockingly, the coroner said he died by a rare medical condition, freeing the security forces of charge. This coroner, named Badan Palhares, have a full set of controversial investigations.