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Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: RAIDER14 on July 30, 2006, 04:07:16 AM
1st the accident in Kentucky then the gas leak at DFW then the accident in memphis
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: rpm on July 30, 2006, 04:53:32 AM
They've had worse.

FedEx 705 (http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm)
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: DiabloTX on July 30, 2006, 05:03:34 AM
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Originally posted by rpm
They've had worse.

FedEx 705 (http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm)


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Calloway would attempt to have that evidence suppressed for lack of probable cause, but was unsuccessful.


You...have...got...to...be... kidding...me.  Lack of probable cause???

I love how perps play the victim role.  Awesome.
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: nirvana on July 30, 2006, 05:06:12 AM
Freakin scary RPM.
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: RAIDER14 on July 30, 2006, 06:36:13 AM
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Originally posted by rpm
They've had worse.

FedEx 705 (http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm)


yes I remember that my father worked in the plane when it came to LAX a few days after it happend there was still blood all over the cockpit/jumpseat area
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: Black Sheep on July 30, 2006, 10:27:17 AM
And don't forget what happened to Tom in Castaway.....
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: rpm on July 30, 2006, 12:15:05 PM
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
yes I remember that my father worked in the plane when it came to LAX a few days after it happend there was still blood all over the cockpit/jumpseat area
You're kidding me, right? I would have thought they impounded the plane as a crime scene then scrubbed it clean after it was released.

BTW, I watched a dramatization of this flight a few weeks ago on National Geographic channel. It was much worse than the CVR makes it seem, if that's possible. The co-pilot was doing some extreeme aerobatics during the fight. That was after he had been whacked in the head with a claw hammer. Go NAVY!!
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: Donzo on July 30, 2006, 12:34:13 PM
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Originally posted by rpm
You're kidding me, right? I would have thought they impounded the plane as a crime scene then scrubbed it clean after it was released.

BTW, I watched a dramatization of this flight a few weeks ago on National Geographic channel. It was much worse than the CVR makes it seem, if that's possible. The co-pilot was doing some extreeme aerobatics during the fight. That was after he had been whacked in the head with a claw hammer. Go NAVY!!


Keep in mind that the manuvers he was doing was with a plane that was fully loaded with cargo and fuel....truly amazing.

The plane was in service not long after the event.  I never really gave much thought as to why it wasn't impounded as a crime scene.

I worked at the Memphis hub at the time of the incident and that was a very dark day.  The theory was that his plan was to take control of the plane and crash it into the Memphis facility.  That would have been a massive blow to FedEx had that happened.
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: CavemanJ on July 30, 2006, 01:44:58 PM
Never saw the movie of it, but I've read the book.  Scary as hell.
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: Maverick on July 30, 2006, 01:45:03 PM
I watched the show as well. to the crew for fighting him off.
Title: not a good week for Fedex
Post by: RAIDER14 on July 30, 2006, 03:12:58 PM
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Originally posted by rpm
You're kidding me, right? I would have thought they impounded the plane as a crime scene then scrubbed it clean after it was released.

BTW, I watched a dramatization of this flight a few weeks ago on National Geographic channel. It was much worse than the CVR makes it seem, if that's possible. The co-pilot was doing some extreeme aerobatics during the fight. That was after he had been whacked in the head with a claw hammer. Go NAVY!!



well it was a DC10-30 can't keep those out of service for a long time , I think they cleaned it up in L.A.

Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript (http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm)