Crime: The Skywayman

It was 1:50 a.m. over the Gila River Valley, and the big Boeing 707 jetliner was just 16 minutes out of El Paso on a routine Continental Airlines run from Los Angeles to Houston. In the darkened cabin, most of the passengers dozed in their seats. "I was about half asleep," recalls Air Force Recruit Robert Byington, "when I saw one of the stewardesses being pushed up the aisle by a young guy about 17." Byington did not see the revolver pressed against the girl. "She didn't look like she was scared, and...

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