Posted on 02/25/2024 2:41:09 PM PST by Red Badger
Stolen by a member of the ground crew. NO PILOTS LICENSE!...........
Video and ATC conversations.................
It ended badly..................
Don’t stop him. He is on a roll.
The only hijacker in history to push back and start the airplane with a tug, disconnect, and jump into the airplane as it rolled. All without being challenged. It was all recorded by surveillance cameras.
He said he “threw up a little bit” after taking off on the radio and mentioned several times he had “flown some computer simulators” so was already pretty familiar with airplane controls.
It was more fate than skill that caused him to miss people on the ground. He surely intended to crash but he was very low on fuel when the airplane descended in a spiral, suggesting he had lost thrust on one side, likely due to fuel starvation. At that point he completely lost control.
Many years ago there was a C-130 stolen from a military base and flown by the hijacking crew chief over the Gulf, before being shot down.
Why are we posting old flight simulation videos?
I have been a private pilot for 40 years and i would not know how to fly that
Passenger plane.
Guy was one serious fool.
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