Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320

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Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320, carrying passengers from Newark to Boston, was hijacked around 7:30 p.m. on March 17, 1970, by John J. Divivo who was armed with a .38 caliber revolver. Captain Robert Wilbur Jr., 35, a former United States Air Force pilot who had been promoted to captain six months prior, was confronted by Divivo, who ordered him to fly east and alert him when the plane was a few minutes away from running out of fuel. Something startled the apparently suicidal hijacker, who shot the copilot, James Hartley, 30. Despite being mortally wounded, Hartley was able to force the gun from Divivo's hand and shoot the would-be hijacker three times before lapsing into unconsciousness, and eventual death. The hijacker also shot the pilot Wilbur in the arms. Despite his wounds and his copilot being shot and unconscious, Wilbur safely landed his aircraft while talking to air traffic control, telling them his copilot was shot and needed emergency services. Wilbur: We're on 3100 and...

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