Andy Peterson was the Flight Engineer on FedEx Flight 705 that was hi-jacked by a fellow crewmember on April 7, 1994 nearly 5 years after he was hired in June of 1989. He flew as a Flight Engineer on the Boeing 727, then as a Flight Engineer on the DC-10. Andy began flying lessons after graduation from high school in 1973 and earned his private pilot’s license in August of that year. He enrolled in and graduated three years later with a BS degree in Professional Aviation, a minor in Management, and his Commercial, Multi-Engine, Instrument, and CFI ratings from Northeast Louisiana University. His other ratings include ATP, Airplane Multiengine Land CL-600, Lear-Jet; Flight Engineer, Turbojet; Ground Instructor. Andy was the first crew member attacked by the hijacker, suffering a devastating fracture of his skull and severance of his temporal artery. When he saw the assailant’s speargun he grabbed the spear, never letting go, which undoubtedly prevented a much more horrible outcome. Andy fought from the beginning to the end of the cockpit melee and was fortunately saved from bleeding to death just in time by medical professionals at Memphis.