The Terrifying Hijacking Attempt on FedEx Flight 705 | Mayday: Air Disaster | MARATHON

A routine FedEx cargo flight from Memphis to San Jose turns into a life-threatening situation when a crew member attempts a hijacking. Crew members, including ex-navy personnel, face an unheard-of attack from a fellow pilot armed with hammers and a spear gun.
What were the motives behind the attacker's attempt to hijack FedEx Flight 705?
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00:00:00 - Season 3 Episode 4 "Fight for your Life": The three man crew of FedEx 705 are just finishing their climb out from Memphis when the attack starts. In their struggle to control both the plane and the attacker, the pilots perform incredible feats, in order to save their lives.
00:49:44 - Season 3 Episode 5 "Mistaken Identity": During a sea battle, a military radar operator stationed on a war ship equipped with a highly sophisticated weapons system, mistakenly identifies an approaching civilian aircraft as a hostile F-14. The plane is shot down and all 290 people on board are killed.
01:39:28 - Season 3 Episode 6 "Bomb on Board": An explosion jolts the pilots of PA 434. A bomb has gone off and there’s extensive damage to the plane. The flight crew is forced to attempt an emergency landing. The blast kills one passenger, and injures another ten.
Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget.
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