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On June 23, 1972, Martin McNally, an unemployed service-station attendant, used a submachine gun to commandeer an American Airlines 727 en route from St. Louis, Missouri, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, then diverted it eastward to Indiana and bailed out with $500,000 in ransom. [33]
11 sty 2017 · It was after 3 a.m. on June 24, and the purloined aircraft was hurtling through a cloudy night sky, heading for the Canadian border. The hijacker, Martin McNally, was 28 years old, but with his...
3 sty 2024 · The hijacker in that case, Martin McNally, successfully hijacked an American Airlines flight departing Lambert-St. Louis International Airport — but during his escape, he dropped the ransom of $500,000.
7 lis 2023 · In June 1972, Martin McNally pulled off one of the most daring airline hijackings in American history, parachuting from the aft stairs of a Boeing 727 with half a million dollars in cash. He jumped at night at 320 miles an hour, using only a small reserve parachute.
28 wrz 2023 · Martin McNally’s trial for the hijacking of American 119 began on December 5, 1972, at the end of a year of violence in the skies and less than four weeks after the hijacking of Southern Flight 49, which was widely covered in the press. The carefree take-me-to-Cuba days were over.
28 wrz 2023 · This chapter covers Martin McNally’s life of crime prior to his hijacking attempt with American Flight 119. It starts with McNally’s life history of being the black sheep of the family and craving the excitement of breaking the law.
After nearly 37 years behind bars, convicted skyjacker Martin 'Mac' McNally is released from prison into a world he does not recognize. As he tries to re-acclimate, we'll explore some of the lingering mysteries: Why did Mac do it?
