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Byck shot and killed Maryland Aviation Administration Police officer George Neal Ramsburg before storming aboard Delta Air Lines DC-9 Flight 523 to Atlanta, which he wanted to crash on the White House to kill President Nixon. When pilots Reese Doug Loftin and Fred Jones told him they could not take off until wheel blocks were removed he shot them both. After a standoff with police Byck committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
(22 February 1974)
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 3rd of July 1970 55 Years Ago |
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112 Die in Dan-Air Flight 1903 de Havilland DH 106 Comet crash in Serralada del Montseny, Arbúcies, Catalonia, Spain. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan-Air_Flight_1903 |
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