History Of Hijackings

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Chris tells Gustavo about the bizarre hijacking of Eastern Airlines Flight 7, and gives him insight on what hijackings were like in the mid-20th century for the United States in this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod https://www.instagram.com/blackboxdownpod/. Sponsored by DoorDash. Get $5 off and zero delivery fees on your first order when you download the DoorDash app in the App Store and enter code BLACKBOXDOWN. Also sponsored by The Jordan Harbinger Show. Go to http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe to check out the Jordan Harbinger Show today! Good Morning From Hell: https://link.chtbl.com/gmfh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	February 3, 1969, Eastern Airlines Flight 7.
0:07.0	93 passengers were flying on a Boeing 727 from Newark, New Jersey to Miami, Florida.
0:13.4	Suddenly, the captain walked out of the cockpit and declared that they were not going to
0:17.9	Florida.
0:18.9	They were being hijacked.
0:20.4	However, the general reaction of the travelers on board was not fear or panic.
0:25.8	Most were annoyed, and several were actually amused.
0:29.6	They thought that the two men holding a knife to the neck of a stewardess were just playing
0:33.9	a joke.
0:34.9	Why weren't these passengers afraid?
0:37.0	Why would they assume the two armed men weren't serious?
0:40.4	And how is our perspective on plane hijackers changed so radically from that flight in 1969
0:46.3	to now?
0:47.3	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:51.9	Hello and welcome to Black Box Down.
0:54.7	How'd I do Gus?
0:55.7	Pretty good.
0:56.7	I'm in thrall.
0:57.7	I want to know more.
0:58.7	I'm excited.
0:59.7	I feel like he started talking, and I was like, I don't have no path or anything.
1:03.8	I don't have a way to keep notes.
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