On this date in 1974, unemployed salesman Samuel Byck attempted to hijack a DC-9 at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. His intended destination: Washington DC. His plan: Crash the plane into the White House in order to kill President Richard Nixon. Byck shot and killed an airport security guard before he boarded the plane. Once he was on the plane, he shot the pilot and copilot when they told him they couldn’t take off until the wheel blocks were removed. The pilot survived, but the copilot later died from his wounds. Byck was shot and wounded by police. He committed suicide before he could be taken into custody.
Further reading:
IMDB page for the movie The Assassination of Richard Nixon
IMDB page for the movie The Plot to Kill Nixon
Wow…what a nutjob.
A couple cans short of a six pack, I think.
Reblogged this on Crime & Justice.
Thanks for the reblog.
John D.:
I had to back up my thinkinmg for a moment, because I was wondering how he got the gun PAST security…(d’oh)…we didn’t (need to) HAVE such security back then…
However, one GOOD guy with a gun could have stopped this man in his tracks a lot sooner.
Good post.
Stay safe out there.
Yeah, it’s too bad someone didn’t cap Byck before he killed two people.