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...epic California-to-Italy skyjacking, had once again volunteered to fly a hijacker abroad if necessary, since neither of the 727's two pilots was internationally qualified. A professional through and through, Williams is noted for keeping cool under pressure. Says TWA Captain Richard Hastings, who flew copilot on last fall's Roman odyssey: "During the whole trip to Rome he didn't show any emotion. He's a pilot's pilot who knows his job." Once in the cockpit, he tried to calm Barkley but, said Williams, "He was very much upset when...
...north to Havana. During a refueling stop, the twin-jet Caravelle's port engine failed, and the hijackers ordered the six-man crew aboard another plane. Once in the air again, Captain Medina decided he had had enough. Catching the hijackers off guard, he and his copilot wrestled the pistol away from them and locked them in the toilets. Then Medina flew back to Santiago, where police arrested Pedro Varas Flores, 16, and Patricio Dagach Reic, 15, on a charge of armed assault...
LAND OF THE GIANTS (ABC, 7-8 p.m.). Sugar Ray Robinson is a trumpet-playing giant who promises freedom to the crew of a wrecked spaceship if Copilot Don Marshall will agree to give him jazz lessons on the horn...
...more bullets stitched the aircraft's front fuselage, Pilot Trainee Yoram Peres doubled up with three bullets in his abdomen (he was later reported recovering). Copilot Moshe Heichel was hit in the hand. Over the plane's loudspeaker, passengers heard Captain Israel Ganot order, "Everybody down on the floor. Don't move. Keep quiet. God is with us." One who did not obey was Mordechai Rahamim, 22, an ex-paratrooper whom El Al preferred to call an armed passenger but who was evidently a hired security agent. Holding a .22-caliber Beretta automatic, he jumped from...
...hijackers, a swarthy man who had evidently had flying experience, opened the unlocked door to the flight deck, clubbed Copilot Maoz Poraz with the butt of his pistol, and slid into a seat behind Captain Oded Abarbanel, ordering a change of course to Algiers. Back in the cabin, his two accomplices brandished pistols and hand grenades in order to keep the frightened passengers in their seats...