Flight 705 was a Federal Express DC-10 cargo plane. The plane was carrying electronics and other items from the Memphis, Tennessee hub to San Jose, California. The three person flight crew consisted of Captain David Sanders, First Officer Jim Tucker, and Flight Engineer Andy Peterson. Also on the flight was Flight Engineer Auburn Calloway, who had flown the plane in with his crew and was catching a return flight, as was common for plane crew to do. Calloway had been having issues with his employer previous to this, especially when it was discovered that he had lied about his flight hours logged and his Naval service. Calloway intended to catch a ride on the plane, murder the crew via blunt force trauma to look like they died in a plane crash. He wanted to make everything look like an accident so that his ex wife would receive his life insurance, and had previously transferred all his money to her. Calloway attacked the crew with hammers, dealing out some serious blows and injuries. Despite the injuries, the crew managed to fend off Calloway while performing some wild plane maneuvers that would be difficult under normal circumstances, especially with that size of plane, and land the plane without crashing it.

This event occurred in 1994, so I had not heard of it prior to spotting this book in my local used bookstore. I grabbed it because it was a dollar in the disasters section, which always draws my attention. The book was page turning. I was curious to see what would happen to everyone, and I did enjoy getting to know the crew members back stories. I thought the book was properly researched and written in a way that was factual and action packed.