CDuster
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Post by CDuster on Jan 1, 2008 21:24:59 GMT -6
This is the first Hijacking of a U.S. Airliner.... Should have learned from this episode but the do-gooders had a "better"(?) idea.
Date: 06 JUL 1954 Type: Douglas DC-6B Operator: American Airlines Registration: N90773 C/n / msn: 44058/365 First flight: 1953 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Passengers: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: Total: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 53 Airplane damage: None Location: Cleveland, OH (United States of America) Phase: Standing Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Cleveland, OH Destination airport: Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), United States of America Flightnumber: 163
Narrative: A 15 year old boy with an empty pistol forced his way into cockpit and confronted the captain, demanding a diversion. The captain produced his own pistol, shot, and killed the lone perpetrator.
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