THE CONTROL TOWER TAPES HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM FEDERAL EXPRESS PLANE HIJACKING IN MEMPHIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO...THE WOUNDED PILOT OF A FEDERAL EXPRESS CARGO PLANE SHOUTED FOR HELP AS THE PLANE LANDED WHILE THE INJURED CREW STRUGGLED WITH A HAMMER-WIELDING ATTACKER, AIR TRAFFIC TRANSCRIPTS SHOW. ``GET HERE NOW! GET OVER HERE IN A HURRY!,'' CAPT. DAVID G. SANDERS YELLED AS THE DC-10 LANDED APRIL 7 AT MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE TALK FROM THE COCKPIT OF FEDERAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 705 AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REVEALS THE THREE-MAN CREW'S VIOLENT STRUGGLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE ATTACKTER TRIED TO TAKE OVER THE PLANE SHORTLY AFTER IT LEFT MEMPHIS FOR SAN JOSE, CALIF.THE SUSPECT IS AUBURN CALLOWAY AN OFF-DUTY FEDERAL EXPRESS PILOT.HE IS CHARGED WITH ATTACKING THE CREW. CALLOWAY FACED A HEARING WITH HIS SUPERIORS THE NEXT DAY AND PLANNED TO COMMIT SUICIDE, ACCORDING TO A COURT AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE FBI. THE TAPES OF 27 MINUTES OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS AND WORKERS AT THE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER AND MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WERE OBTAINED THROUGH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS BY THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, WMC-TV AND WREG-TV IN MEMPHIS. THEY SHOW CONTROLLERS LEARNING OF THE ATTACK WHEN CO-PILOT JIM TUCKER, WHO HAD SUDDENLY TURNED THE PLANE BACK TOWARD MEMPHIS, DECLARES AN EMERGENCY AT 3:41 P.M.

A FORMER FEDERAL EXPRESS PILOT IS FACING UP TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR AN IN-FLIGHT ATTACK ON THE CREW OF A FED-EX PLANE. A MEMPHIS JURY TODAY CONVICTED 42-YEAR OLD AUBURN CALLOWAY OF ATTEMPTED AIR PIRACY FOR THE ATTACK LAST SPRING AFTER REJECTING A POSSIBLE NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY DEFENSE. NO SENTENCING DATE HAS BEEN SET. DURING TESTIMONY.. WITNESSES SAID CALLOWAY WAS AFRAID HE WAS ABOUT TO BE FIRED. PROSECUTORS ALLEGED CALLOWAY MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO CRASH THE PLANE WHEN HE ATTACKED THE FLIGHT CREW WITH A HAMMER AND A SPEAR GUN, IN THE HOPES HIS CHILDREN COULD COLLECT ON A QUARTER-MILLION DOLLAR ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE POLICYL. CALLOWAY WAS THE ONLY PASSENGER ON THE FLIGHT LAST APRIL.. HE BURST INTO THE COCKPIT AND ATTACKED THE CREW. AS THE PILOT AND FLIGHT ENGINEER TRIED TO FIGHT HIM OFF.. THE CO-PILOT PLUNGED THE LANE INTO A STEEP DIVE.. UN-BALANCING CALLOWAY.L THE CREW MANAGED TO LAND THE PLANE SAFELY IN MEMPHIS.