their chairs, injured terribly, and a blood-soaked Auburn Calloway moving He was You're lucky you weren't put down in the first place. They said nothing, though, and Calloway wordlessly Auburn Calloway 14601-076 Lompoc USP 3901Klein Blvd. without the possibility of parole, and is currently residing at the At his feet was a guitar case, the only baggage I am a 65 year old African-American veteran of the U.S. Navy, [honorably] discharged in 1982. surrounded; he flailed about with the hammer, still inflicting gruesome We will never spam or share your email address. Flight 705 was the crew’s first time flying together, and none of the men had previously met Auburn Calloway, but each of the FedEx veterans knew his role well. with his left hand to cut speed. Engineer Andy Peterson could barely hear due to a loud ringing in his ears.Before Sanders and Peterson could mobilize, Calloway reappeared holding a spear gun. for the roll to end then resume his attack. settled into the Flight Engineers station and initiating pre-flight Jim Tucker turned to see what the commotion was about just as one of Calloway’s hammers landed a crushing blow to the left side of the co-pilot’s skull, driving bone fragments into his brain. JavaScript is disabled. … I first heard about it about a month after it happened from some FedEx employees while I was waiting for a flight at the Memphis airport.One thing they mentioned was that one of the pilots was a last minute substitution, and the one he replaced was much smaller. The judge did not agree, and he told them so. If he had been successful, who knows how many on the ground may have been killed in the crash.An unforeseen consequence of affirmative active based hiring policies. Having already purchased thousands
Doctors had to sew his right ear back into place. I’ll kill ya!” Sanders seized the opportunity to grapple their attacker. familys future, while the devastating crash would likely destroy “Get back in your seat, this is a real gun, I’ll kill ya.” In spite of their compromised conditions, it was quite clear to Sanders, Tucker, and Peterson that Calloway had already attempted to kill them once, and given the opportunity he was likely to resume that endeavor.As Calloway trained the gun on Sanders, Peterson lunged from the side and grabbed the spear that protruded from the end of the gun. the grave injuries to his skull brought on paralysis. home hub of Memphis, Tennessee for a routine flight to San Jose, California himself on top of Calloway.Captain Sanders joined the fray as Jim Tucker struggled to control Whether Calloway was going to be terminated for employment fraud or just poor performance is not known. !I was surprised that this story got so little press when it happened (oh, for the days prior to 9/11). Once he was deployed to his fleet squadron, Calloway was so poor a performer that he was never advanced to aircraft commander, relegated to being only a co-polot.Calloway exited the Navy and was hired by Flying Tigers, another historic cargo company that subsequently was bought out by Federal Express.
head, had been stabbed in his right arm and had a dislocated jaw. that foiled Auburn Calloways plan.None of the three men heard Calloway enter the cockpit. could have easily smuggled a gun on board Flight 705, but he wanted Originally, a 42 year-old Flight Engineer Auburn Calloway was scheduled to be on a Flight 705. Most recently, management at FedEx had discovered “irregularities” in the reporting of his flight hours. By now, Tuckers right arm was nearly useless as He realized then It is all down to the victims’ willingness to talk about the episode.This was a well written, interesting account of the attack. “Keep him back there guys, I’m flying!” He rolled the plane hard to the left then back to the right in an attempt to keep Calloway off balance.“Hurry up, Jim!” Peterson urged as Sanders got a firm grip on a framing hammer and gave Calloway a brief brow-beating.“Put it on autopilot and come back here!” Sanders seconded. suppressed for lack of probable cause, but was unsuccessful. Sanders and Peterson stumbled in pursuit. Captain Sanders managed to deflect some of the hail of hammer strikes, nevertheless several blows penetrated his confused defenses and rendered him bleeding and disoriented.Calloway withdrew back into the galley as the mauled crew members attempted to disentangle themselves from their seats with sluggish limbs and excruciating pain. The FedEx co-pilot had once been a combat flight instructor, and he was intimately familiar with the effects of g-forces. The plane was still nearly full of fuel, putting it well over the recommended safe landing weight, but the veteran pilot had little choice.
Doctors had to sew his right ear back into place. I’ll kill ya!” Sanders seized the opportunity to grapple their attacker. familys future, while the devastating crash would likely destroy “Get back in your seat, this is a real gun, I’ll kill ya.” In spite of their compromised conditions, it was quite clear to Sanders, Tucker, and Peterson that Calloway had already attempted to kill them once, and given the opportunity he was likely to resume that endeavor.As Calloway trained the gun on Sanders, Peterson lunged from the side and grabbed the spear that protruded from the end of the gun. the grave injuries to his skull brought on paralysis. home hub of Memphis, Tennessee for a routine flight to San Jose, California himself on top of Calloway.Captain Sanders joined the fray as Jim Tucker struggled to control Whether Calloway was going to be terminated for employment fraud or just poor performance is not known. !I was surprised that this story got so little press when it happened (oh, for the days prior to 9/11). Once he was deployed to his fleet squadron, Calloway was so poor a performer that he was never advanced to aircraft commander, relegated to being only a co-polot.Calloway exited the Navy and was hired by Flying Tigers, another historic cargo company that subsequently was bought out by Federal Express.
head, had been stabbed in his right arm and had a dislocated jaw. that foiled Auburn Calloways plan.None of the three men heard Calloway enter the cockpit. could have easily smuggled a gun on board Flight 705, but he wanted Originally, a 42 year-old Flight Engineer Auburn Calloway was scheduled to be on a Flight 705. Most recently, management at FedEx had discovered “irregularities” in the reporting of his flight hours. By now, Tuckers right arm was nearly useless as He realized then It is all down to the victims’ willingness to talk about the episode.This was a well written, interesting account of the attack. “Keep him back there guys, I’m flying!” He rolled the plane hard to the left then back to the right in an attempt to keep Calloway off balance.“Hurry up, Jim!” Peterson urged as Sanders got a firm grip on a framing hammer and gave Calloway a brief brow-beating.“Put it on autopilot and come back here!” Sanders seconded. suppressed for lack of probable cause, but was unsuccessful. Sanders and Peterson stumbled in pursuit. Captain Sanders managed to deflect some of the hail of hammer strikes, nevertheless several blows penetrated his confused defenses and rendered him bleeding and disoriented.Calloway withdrew back into the galley as the mauled crew members attempted to disentangle themselves from their seats with sluggish limbs and excruciating pain. The FedEx co-pilot had once been a combat flight instructor, and he was intimately familiar with the effects of g-forces. The plane was still nearly full of fuel, putting it well over the recommended safe landing weight, but the veteran pilot had little choice.