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Date: | jeudi 7 avril 1994 |
Type/Sous-type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F |
Compagnie: | FedEx |
Immatriculation: | N306FE |
Numéro de série: | 48287/409 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1985 |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
Lieu de l'accident: | Memphis International Airport, TN (MEM) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Aéroport de départ: | Memphis International Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC/KSJC), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | FX705 |
Détails:A FedEx employee was due to be fired for lying on his résumé about his previous flying experience with the United States Navy. He took a jump seat on a regular flight from Memphis (MEM) to San Jose (SJC). He was intending to murder the flight crew with hammers and then to use the aircraft for a kamikaze attack on FedEx Headquarters in Memphis. He attacked just minutes after takeoff, brutally wounded the flight crew with hammers and fractured the skull of the first officer. A lengthy struggle ensued with the flight engineer and captain. The first officer managed to control the plane as the three others struggled in the cockpit.
By means of extreme aerial manoeuvres meant to keep the attacker off balance, the flight crew eventually succeeded in restraining him. The DC-10 landed safely at Memphis International Airport despite the plane's being loaded with fuel and too heavy to land under normal circumstances.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 244 days (8 months) | Accident number: | ATL94LA077 | Download report: | Summary report
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Memphis International Airport, TN et San Jose Municipal Airport, CA est de 2846 km (1779 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.