Odyssey of Terror Author:Ed Blair, Captain WIlliam R. Haas The true account of the most bizarre, death-defying and prolonged hijacking in the annals of American aviation. — Airline pilots and flight attendants still talk about the November, 1972 hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49. Captain William R. Haas was at the controls when three armed bandits took over the jetliner and its passengers... more ». Originating at Memphis, the flight's intended destination was Miami with intermediate stops in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Orlando. But the air pirates had a different plan...« less