Fight For Your Life - Federal Express Flight 705
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On April 7th, 1994, Federal Express Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 cargo jet, was carrying electronics equipment across the United States from Memphis, Tennessee to San Jose, California. 
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A man with brain damage manages to roll a DC 10 inverted push it almost supersonic beyond design limits and recover from it, incredible
This needs to be made into a movie! It's amazing how he managed to do that while severely injured. A true hero
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@@Sleeping-nomad Agree! Make a movie!😄👍
jd10t Great job on part of the pilot AND the airplane!!
@@stratelite1337 well to be fair it does sound like something strait out of james bond. Man that pilots so bad ass
I know I shouldn't, but I chuckled a bit at the part where Captain Tucker puts the plane on autopilot so that he can go back there and help kick Calloway's ass. Three absolute legends, Hollywood needs to take notice.
guy literally said “jesus, take the wheel, and forgive me for what I’m about to do”
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Not Hollywood please, those guys butcher everything
The pilot that successfully maneuvered and landed that plane is a true hero. That's some James Bond shit he pulled.
@Jebidiah Newcracker whats wrong with james bond? Or are you cheekily suggesting the captain is way cooler than James bond. I agree if the latter!
I could already here the james bond theme playing as the plane lands.
When you realize james bond was still a script unlike this!!
That, and about the 3 G's he pulled with each turn banked over at about 90 degrees.
Being able to fly like that, while wounded and bleeding. Then landing an overloaded and overspeed jet, it's nothing short of amazing.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
James Bond isn’t actually real though, so the pilots are way cooler.
"It took 2 and a half years for Captain Tucker to recover ... and had to learn how to walk and talk again." :(
MrRC2501 how sad
But he survived dude! That's what matters
@@thedavistheory7674 spend 12 hours with someone who is paralyzed and unable to speak. It is a horrifying condition.
I sincerely hope all pilots got good compensation for this if they couldn't work at all again. Brain damage is no joke.
@@Viraie agree 100. I doubt they could work after this. 2 5 years was just to be able to walk and talk at all. They probably never hot back to 100%
This needs to be made into a movie. Pilots are hero’s and insanely amazing professionals.
And women...like my daughter. 🙂
Kira 123 absolutely I changed it to “processionals” instead of “men”. What’s wrong with me? Of course there are women pilots!!
Thx for calling me out. Yay to your daughter 💜
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If the pilots were black and the passenger was white it would have received all kinds of Academy awards by now.
@@wendyaston1755 too right.
@@Powerduo88 Some dumbass always has to find a way to make it about them. _Hurrr durrrr you said men but I'm a woman so I'm offended even though there were literally no women in this entire video._ Fuck off.
"Rolling the plane more than 140 degrees in such speed and recover it from that angle is almost impossible, but he did it'' A comment made by a friend of mine who works as an Engineer.
I was thinking the same... In that moment I was like... And that's when the plane breaks and they all died, look at the year, this is not some fancy Airbus with censors everywhere limiting his bank angle or taking control of the engine, he is just hoping the plane holds together.
Cheers to the engineers that made that plane
...with brain damage. Madlad!
Idk shit about planes but when I was told that I thought for sure it was going into the Earth. I did not think it possible to fix that.
I would love for some pilots to comment on this. These guys have skills. Skills that should not be wasted. They need to teach this pilots in training.
"Captain Tucker begins to perform acrobatics to disorientate him"
I thought this literally meant he started jumping and doing flips😂
Same!
Exactly, the proper term should be "aerobatics" not "acrobatics." Basically performing aircraft stunts.
@@troodon1096 or "extreme maneuvers"
Lol, he attempts to intimidate him by doing backflips on the cockpit. 😂
@@JohnSapato "get back! I can do round offs competitively!"
9:52 - "Captain Sanders can hear the fighting escalate and decides that killing Calloway is the best choice"
I got really excited because I thought that was going to happen.
Very underrated comment. Calloway deserved every bit of trauma those pilots dished out on him to save that plane. While I don't like wishing someone to be dead, he would've definitely deserved it for trying to kill those pilots
Correct. Too bad that Calloway got to keep his life. A life that was unworthy of living.
I mean yes and no, because he did not kill him he is probably suffering in prison still (if he is alive)
He said if I remember correctly that he deserved more in compensation than the pilots he just tried to kill.
Me to
He wanted to crash the plane so his family received the payout. Okay, what about those pilots' families. Some humans are worse than animals.
I would say naturally all humans are worse than animals.
Ikr lol animals are so pure. Some humans are not people
@Sabrina Dugan
Don't know what you're talking about there. There are plenty of documented cases of predators killing for thrill, and don't you even get me *started* on the species out there that *sexually assault* eachother.
Lol wtf this bitch is crazy 😜😂
Yup and liberals defend them.
There's badass, then there's landing a big ass jet while being struck in the head with a hammer and fighting someone. I couldn't imagine what they must've gone through.
Not only landing it while fighting but landing it HALF paralyzed and performing one of the tightest maneuvers to make it happen while the plane is heavier then it should be making it even harder to control.
BAMFs all the way around. I hated how this video was like “everyone recovered”, like we give a fuck about Calloway
@@TheFormerTeam Not only landing while fighting and half paralyzed, but also recovering from extreme bankings, plane being upside down and then nose diving at the same time. It felt like I was watching damn superhero movie.
@@Bankable2790 I know what you mean 🤣
These pilots deserved the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I can't think of a higher act of heroism.
Ikr. So easily could have killed so many more people on the ground.
Agree
Exactly, instead Trump gave it to that idiot pill-popper Rush Limbaugh.
@@dk2853 Right? I mean De Niro, Oprah and Ellen and more from Obama,
@@dk2853 Did you know there have been other presidents?
The two pilots and F/E were really amazing. The 3 of them never give up until the end! Highest respect 👍👍👍
As i sit here, doing further research, i can confirm this plane is still in service. I just tracked it as a matter of fact and it landed 48 minutes ago in san antonia texas, and crazy enough, it was flying from memphis tn.
@Digby Dooright Why?
@Digby Dooright it was repaired and upgraded as stated in the video
Pretty much all FedEx planes fly from Memphis. Memphis is the world headquarters for FedEx
Apparently they did over 1 million in repairs, updates, cleaning, and renovation on that jet.
It’s a 2 pilot plane now, no flight engineer required now.
Apparently blood was EVERYWHERE.
@Digby Dooright They identified the plane that would not break!
Captain: Please just keep talking to me okay?
ATC Dude:
He was calling ambulance and emergency services
Probably worried about going unconscious so he wanted to be holding a conversation
@@vine7365 it doesn't take that long to do that. He just didn't really know what to say and wasn't talkative but he should have spoken more considering he specifically asked him in that dire situation. Also if he can't multitask he should have a different job.
No way I thought this was freakin real until the end where it showed the evacuation. Rolling the plane into a nosedive with a brawl going on in the galley its like strait out of a movie. How bad ass is that
Where do you think Hollywood got the idea from?
4:25 I still can't believe he put his DC-10 into this position and managed to not crash it.
Hands down one of the most riveting videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. The skill and bravery of the crew of this plane is remarkable. As for the coward who tried to fake his suicide while killing many innocent people, may he rot in prison.
ddoyle11 'riveting' is the word alright. This whole action, fight for survival no less, by the absolutely courageous crew whilst trying to fly their aircraft whilst severely wounded and disoriented, is, depicted here, more riveting than the cable car scene in Where Eagles Dare, that 1968 movie. I guess as I watched this, absorbed as I was, I imagined the struggle on board to be not dissimilar at all to that movie scene in terms of the desperation and the space whilst 'high up'. Who needs a Richard Burton or a Clint Eastwood? Your neighbour could be a walking hero, ready to respond tomorrow. Ugh! I hope I have not trivialised the experience of the crew here by describing it so. The fact is a great evil was imposed upon them but they overcame it; they surmounted it. And maybe the perpetrator will before his time realise the harm and cruelty that he did. That perhaps would put the cap on this event, if he did eventually.
I watched a tv documentary on this years ago. I cried when they interviewed the pilots at the end. (Still getting tears recalling it). You could see at the time that they loved flying and the fact that that ability was taken away from them weighed heavy on the men.
The fact that they did not end up killing Calloway goes to their characters as human beings. And the fact that Calloway had the gall to write Obama for a pardon goes to HIS character. After all the time he spent in prison he still thought he was in the right. Hate to say it, but he probably thought he had a chance because he was a fellow black.
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@@Sanchez9531 No, it takes more effort to subdue someone that hell bent on killing you. I think it was alluded to that they purposely chose not to kill him during the struggle, prior to them becoming almost gravely injured.
lol woman. it take two men to restrain and ANOTHER to find the hammer and whack him off in the head. so OBVIOUSLY it takes more energy to DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL to the fact that they need to keep him restrained. do you get it? the life of everyone was in danger, if they could they would kill him the moment he attempted to murder them and hijack the plane but guess what you can't do much with a hole in your fucking skull and half of your body paralyzed.
This is like Miracle on the Hudson but way more intense
This was way more miraculous but I I get your point
its united 93 but a DC-10
@@yesilikeplanes And only carrying 3 people and a bunch of boxes.
Yeah
twistedyogert I think you get the point bud,
I'm surprised they haven't made a movie about this...I'm glad the pilots were able to survive.
My mom worked for FedEx at the Memphis airport when that happened. She said that they were all surprised about Callaway and nobody trusted anyone for a while at FedEx.
But that all changes now right?
My grandfather was one of the first people in the cockpit when it was released back to FedEx according to my uncle who is a sr flight dispatcher there in Memphis.
Captain Tucker is a LEGEND. I couldn’t function after being hit on the head with a hammer, let alone fly a giant aircraft, let alone subdue a crazed madman with weapons, while bleeding out with bone fragments in my brain, partially paralyzed and partially blind. The impact of the hammer was so instense the force hit Tucker’s head into the control panel and DENTED it. All 3 deserved a medal, and they were awarded the highest medal possible in aviation. Bravo, Captains. 👏🏻
Yeah, the right side of his body was paralyzed after the dive and Sanders took over as tucker went back to help Peterson. He was really weak at that point, and I guess Sanders was the least injured. So he landed it.
What a way to end your career. Rott in jail Calloway.
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notsokewl if you read through the comments someone actually flew this aircraft after the incident as it was still in service for many years. They said the dent was there for a while.
The Angry Swede You're just as nuts as Calloway.
I guess in life or death situations a well trained pilot can fly a dc-10like an F-16. That was amazing flying that plane like that.
Capt Tucker (and also Calloway, the hijacker) is indeed ex Navy pilot
@@sitaward3437 and the guy who made this video made a mistake, Tucker was the first officer But nevertheless what he did was amazing.
it feels like im watchimg a suspense movie
As of 12/31/2019, tail N306FE is still in service. It's weird seeing it parked at the gate and even weirder walking into the galley and
cockpit.
Are there still bloody footprints on the ceiling?
Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers yea, it’s taking them over 20 years to decide to clean them
It’s still active as of 3/24/2020
Imagine the stories that planes tell each other at the gates.
Random plane: "One time, I went through some turbulence over Kansas that felt like it was going to rip the wings off."
N306FE: "That's nice. Remember the movie Inception? The hallway fight? Yeah, I was that hallway."
What's the average lifespan of a DC-10? This plane must be ancient by now.
My wife found your channel, her dad was an air traffic controller. I understand physics, but being able to make split second decisions based on one or a hundred variables, coming at you alone, alternately, or all at once, is pure instinct. Getting back after a hammer attack? That's all that and something that can never be quantified, balls. Great channel!
There should be a plaque in the cockpit of that plane that says, "Here flew the baddest of the bad." Seriously, getting that plane on the ground in once piece with that level of injury is impressive.
after watching this i am convinced the DC10 is a bad ass mofo of a plane, first the dude rolled it with a full fucking load and then went into a verticle nose dive and survived so well it was upgraded and still in use today.
guess you could say he flew on instinct or....Autopilot!
well pilots are trained to work in stressful situations. thats what they do for a living. 15k+ ft above the ground all those years boi. pilots haves balls of steel. just like army guys. i do respect both pilots and army equaly.
@@roxydzey I don't think there is ANY training that involves getting smashed in the head with hammers. Just saying.
Federal Express use to have a great program for their employees, you could hop in the jump seat and grab a flight to anywhere, usually Hawaii for the weekend and fly back on Sunday, that's why it was not strange to have an employee like Calloway on the flight. FedEx ceased this benefit after this incident.
Cool. When one person ruins it for everybody and shittier times i guess.
Well that all ends because of one man . Maybe more tighten security so all wokers can have this benefit again.
Thanks, Calloway >:(
But wasnt Calloway a former employee? I thought he was.
One bad apple...
That was the most appalling, horrific flight Ive ever watched. Those incredibly brilliant, brave pilots. Words fail me. What a sad loss to commercial aviation they are. So glad theyre still alive. What a story to tell the grandkids
my eyes are glossed over with the sadness that someone can plot something so evil, and doubled over with the triumph of the heroic efforts that overcame it; well done
Jebidiah Newcracker There is nothing noble about attempting to kill 3 innocent people. Dude could have got a job at the gas station and struggled financially until he lands a better job. That would be the noble option.
@Jebidiah Newcracker No, we're disagreed. There are plenty of noble villains, but this guy is just a worm.
I mean 9/11 happened I think it's pretty clear that humans are evil
How could he have pleaded insanity when he planned the entire thing. Thank God his plan didn't work.
Sorry for the condition he left the others. He should never be free.
He won't!
Apparently his attorney was just as stupid as him.
As of October 26th, 2019, the plane is still active. It has a scheduled flight from Memphis to Guadalajara today.
That's awesome
March 29th 2021 and it last flew on March 16th, still going!
@@skriblz29 I don't think it will get retired
@@vine7365it did recently
This video had me at the edge of my seat and gave me goosebumps. I had never heard of this incident before so I didn't know if they'd be able to land or even if they'd survive their injuries. Great job on the story!
Watch the Air Crash Investigation
Saw it on TV. Single most nerve wracking episode ever! The reinactment was gruesome.
ruclips.net/video/sQRb7VT3q2g/видео.html
This is so well done! It's a re-enactment of what happened.
"In an attempt to disrupt Calloway's attack, Captain Tucker begins to perform acrobatics to disorientate him"
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oh you mean the plane
thought the same think lmfao
Me too!
I had the same reaction.
I thought the same thing!
Yep, me too!
I had the great privilege to teach F/E Peterson's son and met Mr. Peterson on several occasions both at school and at church. Both he and his son are among the most outstanding and decent gentlemen I have ever had the pleasure to meet.
It's a shame that all the crew members were forced to end their airline career, but I'm just glad they all survived. It's also a shame that the crew didn't kill the bastard of a mad man that had attacked them.
Bobby Knight let’s just hope he some big bruisers bitch when serving time he would wish he was dead
Legendary. Amazing the pilot could take such drastic maneuvers in a huge plane! He's a hero.
This is one of the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard, and ever will hear about. I wish health and healing for all the heroic crew members.
In an interview, Captain Tucker stated he used the best weapon he had on hand...... The aircraft itself..
Robert Mitchum absolutely. That was the smartest thing he could have done. Initially when it said acrobatics I started picturing him doing cartwheels and handstands. I was like, huh? 😄 Then the plane started moving and I got it 😋
h4rder10 who are you talking to?
himself :)
You and me same. Wasn't expecting any move as extreme as that, just a bunch of banking and climbs and dips. From a strictly flying pov, that was a f@#$ing amazing manouvre with a plane that size and weight. Made my stomach go awol for a second. and that was just witnessing the move in a sim. That must have been something to live through. Hope the perp never see's light of day.
Aerobatics is the correct language for what they described.
I live in Australia. In 2000, I attended an AEA (Aircraft Electronics Association) conference in Reno, Nevada. We had an "after dinner" speaker named Jim Tucker who told us all about this terrible event and how he and the other crew fought for their lives in the skies above Memphis. Needless to say, everyone was spellbound. I had never heard about this before that. It is a miracle that all aboard survived!
Hey I’m from Australia as well :)
And changed his name Capt Walker for that fly movie
@@laneeardink9849 Go back to your burning cross ritual safe space.
I was at work near the Memphis airport and saw this plane coming in. It was really low and rocking back and forth. I thought it was going to crash into one of the buildings along Brooks road. One wing would tip towards the ground and then it would roll and the other wing would tip towards the ground. I had no clue what was going on aboard the plane until I heard it later on the local news. It was unusually low to the ground and really loud and I also remember smelling jet fuel after it passed over. From the ground, I knew something wasn't right and thought it was in bad bad trouble.
Wow, I was wondering what any random people below thought about seeing this overhead, especially if anyone saw that barrel roll to nose dive!
What if there was fly by wire in the plane it would freak out
Pilot was probably dumping the fuel as he was coming into land. Strictly prohibited for obvious reasons unless it’s an emergency.
@@Unknown_Ooh they said he didn't dump fuel, probably burning rich and flying low enough for people to smell it
I remember this incident well, having worked in the aerospace industry I can remember there was an old saying, Douglas built aircraft for the pilots (Boeing built planes for airline corporations)... and the craftsmanship that put this plane in the air certainly showed the dedication of the people who designed, built and maintained the aircraft! Secondly, the crew responded with incredible fortitude and heroism not only saving themselves but protecting thousands of lives beneath them! Bless you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. I was on the edge of my seat with this one. The pilot did such a great job.
I saw Jim Tucker speak at one time. Incredible person and pilot. He mentioned at the time that there are still footprints in the ceiling of that aircraft where they stood while fighting. When I heard him he had just started flying recreationally again. He's actually a quiet-spoken guy, someone you would never suspect of having gone through his experience.
How was his speaking? The video said he had to learn how to talk again.
Hope he makes a full recovery! Hope they all make full recoveries!
@@megamike2016 because this was years later. Around 2002 because he said he just started flying recreationally. Which in the video it says that was in 2002. So many years later so he was rehabilitated by then
Calloway, after ruining those pilots' lives, nearly killing them and permanently disabling them, still thinks he should have had to suffer absolutely zero consequences for his actions... He's impossible to rehabilitate. Nothing but a tax drain and an oxygen thief at this point. Every breath he takes is a gift given to him by society he's not grateful for.
Needs to be taken out like a trash bag. No craziness just a quick end
Tax drain, nah as this is who should be in prison. What drains your taxes are prisoners in there for petty things that don't even compare to this incident
Even if he had succeeded in being found not guilty by reason of insanity, he likely would spend the rest of his life in a locked ward we'd still have to pay for.
People hate me for saying this , but I am right , you can take them out of the hood , but you can't take the hood out of them . Bill Cosby a perfect example .
@@Jay-vr9ir
Who is "them?"
Captain Tucker flew that DC-10 like it’s never been flown before
Tex Johnston and his upside down 707 would be so proud of him
Something that people probably never consider is the amazing structural integrity of airplanes. The Captain took that loaded plane through maneuvers that are done when a plane is tested and certified as ready to fly. Excellent presentation of the story.
I've never heard of this incident before; I was on the edge of my seat the whole time watching this. Great video, and incredible will to live and sharpness under pressure on the part of the crew.
There was an excellent book written about this incident years ago! The book also mention that Calloway chose this flight as he would have been familiar with the crew on board! The original crew which included a female crewmember timed out the previous night which caused a replacement crew to be utilized!
Troy Bellamy exactly. In addition, Callaways intent was to crash the jet into the Memphis hub nearest to the underground fuel tank storage. FedEx was sophisticated even back then because Fred Smith would do live video interactions with employees to express concerns or make recommendations. Callaway phoned in and his sole purpose was to embarass Smith - except they were able to identify him by voice. He wanted to try & ruin FedEx because a fuel tank explosion would have killed thousands of workers at the Memphis Hub. The book referenced was written by a reporter at the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, and it is spot on accurate.
A very similar plan was also used in a book called the "The first officer's report"! It's available on Amazon Kindle!
YES! This would be a Great Idea for a Movie, only it would be too short.
I am a native Memphian, and I remember this like it was yesterday. God bless these amazing pilots!! Being able to land a huge DC-10, while they were all critically injured, is nothing short of miraculous! I have nothing but tremendous respect and admiration for these men! FEDERAL EXPRESS is known the world over for its excellent service, and I'm proud to say it's Memphis based! Some of the best pilots in the world fly for Fed Ex!
This is literally the first time I've ever watched a RUclips video on the edge of my seat. What an amazing story.
I’ve been on this plane! It’s still in service(at least in 2016) I never knew the story till somebody said, “google the tail number of this flight”. Kind of harrowing knowing what happened in the jump seat area all those years ago, and I was standing right there many years later.
wow, that barrel roll into nosedive was amazing. Wouldn't believe it without the simulation
An inexplicable amount of props to Tucker, Sanders, and Peterson. There’s nothing else I know how to say.
Glory to God those pilots survived and made it home to their families alive.
Such bravery they displayed.
Glory to them. God had nothing to do with it.
@@gortmog yes he had everything to do with it
Arlie Sam then he has everything to do with children getting cancer as well. Or else he is not omnipotent.
@@gortmog he is not responsible for children getting cancer this not a perfect world people will get sick sin is why this world is so messed up both my parent's had cancer and are dead now Andi know it's not God's fault as horrible as it was it's life
@jonny j smh at your response if you know what I know and have seen what I've seen you wouldn't have said that your doing exactly what the devil wants you too
"Wheels Up, Heroes!" I salute you.
I'd like to imagine him in prison opening a reply from Obama that simply reads "lol no :D"
Now "imagine" this...he wrote the letter to get a pardon...
To President Obama...
In January...2017...
Vids probably wrong, or maybe the guy IS insane, I'd still like his face when somebody gave him the bad news...
I see that monster was still feeling entitled ... but anyone who thinks that he would have received or been recommended for a pardon by ANYONE is just letting their prejudices and their political bullshit get in the way.
J Barnhart Are you suggesting that the video is factually incorrect? It states that the letter was received on 1.6.17, any idea of who the president was at that date?
@@jbarnhart2653 Actually, since Trump wouldn't have been inaugurated until January 20, 2017, and most presidents grant a bunch of pardons as their last acts of office. Him sending a letter requesting a pardon at that time would be factually accurate.
@@colinwoods9601 And I think the cutoff for Obama signing anything is Jan 1st...I think.
But he still doesn't get the whole not Pres anymore thing...
This was more tense that the best thriller movie! Astonishing work by the pilots and memphis ATC!
Wow. The mental toughness displayed by these pilots is out of this world! Heroes!
And the physical! Dude they got chopped with a hammer! Martial arts dont mean shit if you pathetic anyway!
This video was so well put together the animation the captions everything
I was absolutely enthralled by this narrative.
That cap'n is something else, keeping his wits about him, nose pitching, multiple heavy bankings, successfully performing a NOSE DIVING manoeuvre with a heavy plane while suffering head injuries??
Badass! Don't mess with the best!
I was in awe.
Possibly these were the words in his mind and he did everything to make it comes to pass and it came to pass.
'I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord'.
I thought for sure it would crash in the dive
Yes! So relieved this one ended on a positive note! Was holding my breath there for a while 😅
Bleed Green hardly positive, just not nearly as negative as expected
This one kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time
I didn’t know the outcome before seeing this
To do those maneuvers while being half conscious. Total badass
The fact they didn't kill him shows they are better men than me.
@@waterbird91 He is human, that's why it happened. A traditional "devil" doesn't sacrifice itself for others.
They believed in Batman
@Hans Wesker...sacrifice??? just because of his family??? he was prepared to do great evil. His family may not even
have been suffering greatly.
he ha d a martial arts degree and more than likely could not be overpowered, how do you suppose they could have killed him
@Kory, you got it. Not sure the other repliers understood the gravity of your statement.
Pilot is being attacked and talks like it's another day at work, these guys are tough!
Love this video, had me tied up to the end!
Me too.
Agreed. Nothing more disgusting than a self serving suicide perpetrator who involves innocent people in his scheme. No different than a terrorist in my eyes and should be treated as such.
They were SO professional, but NO pilot should have to endure that kind of terror. And to think this Calloway is living the easy life and wants parole! Why, so he can do it again? People with that kind of planned horror and murder in their heart, and carry out their well-planned crime, should be locked away for life with minimum food, water and shelter and probable isolation for what they did! But NO, today, a lot of them get off on some legal point and it's a game between the defense attorney and the prosecuting attorney (usually the DA), and sometimes even the judge who rules on the legal point that sets the criminal free or lessens the sentence. They just want to see who can win, when NO ONE WINS in a situation like the above!
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You should watch the dramatization episode of this flight on the show "Mayday Air Crash Investigation". It's a great episode depicting what happened inside the plane. At the end, the NTSB investigators talking on the show say that had the hijacker succeeded, it was very possible that they would not have ever known what caused the crash.
Gold medal for the acrobatics!! Riveting narrative and graphics. Thanks for the exciting 16 minute wake up!
Man, he flew that plane like a boss, and with one arm paralyzed.
I had never heard of this incident before today. Thank you for sharing it, and not telling me the end of the story before you got to it. It increased my tension and fear that the story would end tragically. I am glad the crew survived and saddened that this gobshite left them with permanent injuries. Really a good video.
Of course you haven't heard of this incident. But reverse the race of the perpetrator and the victims, and there would've been made-for-tv movies, interviews ad nauseum, and best-selling autobiographies by the crew.
Absolutely.
This is 9/11, flight 93 kind of stuff.
Damn straight it should have been in National Media, movies and interviews up the wazoo.
+James Urling I assure, it was in the news. I was 26 in 1994 and remember the story and coverage. There's a lot of things haven't people haven't heard of.
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It's on Air Crash Investigation on National Geographic channel.
'Gobshite' refers to how someone conducts themselves verbally.
I’ve flown 306FE both as a Flight Engineer, and as Captain after it was converted to MD.
Before they installed the Heads Up Display, the panel over the captain’s head still had a dent from one of the hammer blows to the Captain.
As a retired USAF research pilot and FedEx Aero (Structures) engineer at the time, I was involved in the investigation. At one point at 14,000 feet, N306FE was in a 140 degrees bank, pulling 3 g's and 100 knots over redline airspeed. This drove the elevators into flutter and one of the depleted uranium balance weights was ripped off. It was found months later in a field in AR. A further inspection revealed no other structural damage. After release from the investigation impound and elevator replacement, N306FE was returned to service. Thank God it wasn't an Airbus - they're not nearly as tough.
Wow tough bird and Pilots! Suprised the plane held together.
Ah come on now.!! Half the World flies in Airbus`s, and they are a match for comparable Boeings. Both are great aircraft makers. .
Overide pilot ??? Are you talking about that very early model slow speed crash on take off and into a forest at end of runway ??? If so, that is ancient history, and in that case, the jets control had a delay in them ( Software ), that caused the accident. The plane was going very slowly at almost zero altitude leaving the pilot little room for any error. I am sure Boeing had a few mishaps in their development stages. Worth bearing in mind too that the Airbus had far more advanced controls than the Boeings of that era, fly by wire etc, so this was new territory. As for Boeings being more sturdy in a crash, well, I would not like to be relying on that to survive !!! Is there any evidence of this sturdiness ?? It certainly does not affect Airbus planes that fly around the Globe daily, thousands of them. I would put them as equals, but understand Regional preferences and nationalism. I am sure most French people would prefer to ride in Airbuses, just as Americans would side with Boeings. Bearing in mind the large employment and benefits to each others economies, this is entirely understandable. Same would apply to Harley Davidsons for Americans, and Ducatis and Aprilias for Euros. I am from Ireland but lived in the US for two decades, so I can see both sides, and I actually worked for Coca cola when they set up their first concentrate plant in Ireland in 1973.!! Hell , I even got a personal call from the VP of Coca cola in Atlanta when I was visiting California in 1976 !!! No kidding and nice memories. Cheers
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"...Captain Tucker begins to perform acrobatics..." LOL! I think it's 'aerobatics'.
X Pilot, beautiful story of heroism.... thank you for sharing this great courage... a true miracle .... Pilots are awesome!
Calloway had actually operated the same flight as the flight engineer the day prior with a different crew. Because the maximum crew day hrs, as allowed by the FAA, had been exceeded, that crew, including Calloway, were taken of this flight that they were scheduled to operate. This actually saved FedEx from an even larger castastrophe. Calloway apparently had already made plans for this attack as he was scheduled for a hearing that likely would have cost him his job. He was not under any type of indictment as mentioned in other comments. He had plans to attack the original crew he was schedule to operate with. Because he couldn't operate that flight as the engineer, he positioned himself as a jumpseater on the flight back to San Jose, Instead of just two pilots he would have to overtake, the Captain and the First Officer, he now had three pilots to overcome. Having a third person in the Flight Station increased the difficulty of achieving his goal. It also has been noted that the First Officer was a gym rat and was in terrific shape.
The flight crew have been well taken care of by FedEx so they won't have to worry about another dime as long as they live.
I'm a retired Navy and UPS pilot. I'm also an African American. Comments about African American pilots being affirmative action hires, thus less qualified, are way off base. Because of the high cost of flight training, most of us get our training in the military. To get your pilot wings in the military is no easy task. You'll be perfectly safe when you see us in the flight station.
As a commercially licensed pilot, my feeling is no matter your race, gender, country of origin, all that matters is how you fly the airplane. The airplane doesn't know who is at the controls - end of discussion.
Aww, buddy thanks for the introspect. It's prolly difficult being lumped in with the miscreants.
Thanks for the insights Posey.
Thank you for the info and your service
Race is irrelevant. This guy was just a POS, period!
Captain almost gets murdered, and still manages to say, "Please". I want him as my pilot forever..
Neither pilot ever flew again. The captain can't qualify medically, and the copilot does not want to fly again. Sad because they were both exceptional pilots long before this incident.
@@JPF941 PTSD does shit to you. I'd still let them ride shotgun (which would be the left because I'd fly from the right, so as to break my conditioning from driving on ground on the left hand site of the vehicle) for free (instead of the max costs a private pilot can charge) if I flew a Cessna or a Piper.
Why is there no movie about this?? Unbelievable how many lives were saved by these pilots.
It wouldn't be politically correct!
Damn, that was an intense 16 minutes and 3 seconds. 😳
Truly an amazing story. I couldn't pull myself away from the computer until I finished watching.
Well edited, and could be made into a full scale movie.
Ron
Calloway was getting stronger while they were getting weaker. That's chilling.
Wow my heart was racing the whole time I’m so happy no one died
My gosh!! This was so intense it should be made into a movie because just READING it was emotional.
Heros. God bless them. My blood was boiling watching this, wanting to tear that man apart. Vengeance is mine says the Lord.
No, the person who wrote that chapter of the bible said that. Don't put words in Gods mouth,
Why does god give children cancer? For vengeance?
@@37rainman well said. But also true of allah that he avenges like it says in the quran among other things that you don't want to be entitled to allah's anger.
@@gortmog Why do you jump to the conclusion that the creator of something is necessarily responsible for what that creation does, or what happens to that creation?? It isnt logical. And it is juvenile.
People get cancer because shit happens. It has nothing to do with God, or, the "devil"
Wow. That's quite a story.... amazing the pilot was able to land the plane safely...with bone fragments in hi brain! Simply amazing!
Stress hormones make you crazy and can negate some brain damage symptoms. Brain damage will inhibit you from landing the bus if you aren't crazy. All pilots were practically dying when Sanders, the healthiest of the three, set N306FE (correct me if I'm wrong) down. Thank 4 billion years of natural selection for preparing us for what she could never predict.
Beautiful way of stating that
@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 Initially, it was Tucker who did all the antics with the plane and later it was Sanders who landed the plane.
@@jnemail1 Aight.
3 exceptional men no words can adequately describe them.
One of the most insane stories I've seen. Wow.
I get goosebumps watching your videos and putting myself in these situations. Those three men are bonafide Heroes with a capital H!
They were fighting with all their might to save 3 vip's.......themselves! Great video and story. Truth can be stranger than fiction.
Hats off to the badly injured pilots who continue to contain him. Hope they got generous $$ compensation. HEROES!
ive read somewhere they were paid salary for a long time. some of them quited but for purposes i cant recall now. i hope their operations were all paid aswell. cmon, they saved not only lives but very expensive plain and cargo!
.disabled permanently wasn't them of one least at surprised I'm
My God. What an amazing story. I've had two near-death experiences and the human will to survive is so powerful. There's an individual nature to it but so much is rooted in pure instinct. I didn't get any official awards and that's fine by me. My award was staying alive and saving four peoples' lives. My two experiences and wins are my two highest accomplishments in life. Life wouldn't have meant much to me if things didn't break my way. I would have lost my father as a young man. Hearing him publicly say (he's a professor and professional speaker) I'm the reason he's lived a long life is music to my ears.
That’s truly beautiful man. I also had a somewhat near death experience. Someone almost hit the rear quarter panel of my life 94 Jeep at highway speeds. I surely would have rolled many times and likely would have died if I hadn’t somehow pressed the accelerator in just a split second. An angel intervened that day
Right now there’s actually a major petition for FedEx to preserve the recently retired DC-10 involved in this incident, tail number N306FE. Let’s all pitch in and help keep this piece of aviation history alive and not share the fate of the Gimli Glider!
Amazing that Captain Tucker had to learn to walk and talk after 3 major operations yet he was able to declare an emergency moments after the attack. Excellent and informative video once again. Can’t wait for the next one, I hope it comes sooner rather than later!
adrenaline would make it possible to be able to function and declare emergency. Odd stuff
Plus the fact that brain injuries cause deterioration over time as the bleeding spreads so initially he wouldn't be too badly affected but things would worsen as the bleeding causes the pressure on his brain to increase.
His blood loss probably caused brain damage.
Brain damage resulting from head trauma can take anywhere between half an hour to a couple of hours to show up as life-threatening. It is the internal haemorrhaging and fluid build up that is most dangerous and takes a bit of time before the victim becomes crippled by it.
know its been awhile since posting ... u simply deserve another 'GOOD JOB' !
Jesus Christ how did they survive that. Those pilots are heroes
Just a request not to use the Savior's name as an off-hand curse or throw-away term. It is offensive and hurtful to the many Christians who love Him. Thanks for understanding.
Listen, I'm a Christian and I took that comment as a prayer. Those pilots WERE HEROES and someone else's sense of entitlement isn't going to distract from that. The world is not going to get out of your way and never offend you.
@@catbriggs8362 But there is no god so there is no real offense. It's even really offensive against all other religions and every god ever invented. How dare you, your religion is right? Because you are born in a country with randomly that religion by your parents? The arrogance.
@@artavenuebln My thoughts exactly. Besides, what sort of weak pansy god can't handle it's name being spoken or written in vain without busting out some Preparation H? It can act as substitutionary atonement for the "sins" of all humanity but can't take someone saying it's name in a sentence that isn't kissing it's ass or groveling? I'd say that's a god that does not exist.
@@catbriggs8362 I agree with you Cat! All these offended atheists are so defensive when we want to express our love for Christ's Holy Name and defend His Commandment. To use His Name in any way other than to bring Him honor and glory is sinful. We all have done it even when expressing surprise or excitement. Others have been reminded me to always honor His Sacred Name. It is our obligation as Christians to never be ashamed of Him. I would rather offend another commenter than offend my God!
I watched the Mayday episode of this flight, and all I have to say is wow. What an amazingly skilled crew.
Honestly, it is really sad that none of them could be medically certified to fly again, but they have so much to offer in knowledge and skill that they should be teaching in classes and simulators.
F/O Tucker flew this plane like an F16. They were in full control of this aircraft. The confidence was unbelievable. I would fly with these guys any day.
An amazing story which somehow escaped my attention when it was in the news. Thanks for making and uploading this vid!
I remember when this happened, but I haven’t heard much about it since. Excellent presentation!
I'm a 25 yr Employee at FedEx and never heard this story until today on RUclips
nor will you. Nor will anyone. Politiclaly correct Millennials, you know. SIckening, the society we now liv ein.
This is probably one the few cases where being a former air force pilot actually helps to control the situation.
Farhan Tbs the thing is, F-15s are a lot more forgiving and maneuverable than a giant cargo plane. He is lucky the thing held up.
Wow, that is a incredible story of heroism, those pilots are heros
I've watched these videos for years ,the sheer professionalism in the editing, and setting the tone without music, just words, and recreating sometimes very tragic circumstances but yet done with respect. Just brilliant work. I can't wait to see what you do with MS Flight Simulator 2020.
Well done to the crew, handled it like pro's
It was intense excitement and i was on the corner of chair while plane was about to land on the runway in this video.
A big salute to brave pilots. What a heroic action!!!
Oh my goodness, my heart was pounding watching this. Very few people would have had the kind of courage and resolve these pilots displayed in this situation. And I really cannot imagine a more impressive level of airmanship under difficult conditions than this pilot showed. Thank you for telling this story!
I just watched this and I really am grateful for you putting this together. I love how it feels like it is in real time and it makes it real. Just wanted you to know that people do watch.
This same aircraft is on our ramp as i type this(Memphis flight 1523 N306FE) Friday 02-01-19. You really can't fathom all that went on and happened and still believe it's right in front of you....still flying to this day! Dave, Jim, and Andy.....true heroes and the best of the best. Calloway? Just how were you going to explain a Westbound aircraft accidently doing a 180 back to Memphis? This was not the original flight crew scheduled to have taken this flight leg either....luckily. I did not know that Calloway asked Obama for a pardon.....why did this not get any press?? If this had involved civilians aboard a commercial flight perhaps securing of cockpit doors would've been done a lot sooner and .....perhaps....possibly prevented 9-11 since he intended to use the aircraft as a missle into the Memphis hub. Still unbelievable some 24 years later!
Why didn't it get any press? Because it doesn't suit the typical narratives of propaganda.
Funny thing is I'm a 25 yr Employee for FedEx and never heard of this story until today from scrolling my RUclips.
@@fudgetone I looked further and there was another incident that a certain type DID crash a whole plane, after shooting to death the pilots...its truly a narrative of political correctness.
The DC-10's & McDonnell-Douglas aircraft were beautiful planes & some still flying to this day unless been retired by now. Very reliable aircraft I've heard from experts.
wow what an amazing story...never heard about this before
I worked on this plane when it was still in service(06/07) the old timers told me the story. I thought it was BS, but whenever that plane would RON, there was always an eerie feeling up there.