The Eight-Hour Standoff

A man boarded a passenger jet with about a hundred aboard. In the air he handed a note to a flight attendant and pulled a gun on the crew. For eight hours he bargained with officials, demanding over $300,000 in cash, amnesty, asylum abroad, and a friend's release from prison. Federal agents finally shot and overpowered him. He does not deny the hijacking. He says he was insane at the time. The prosecution called a former fellow patient who said he had taught him to fake insanity, and a psychiatrist who called him a faker.