On this day, July 31, in 1972, black militants hijacked Delta Flight 841 from Detroit to Miami, using weapons smuggled on board, including a handgun secreted in a cut-out Bible.
The five hijackers, who traveled with three children, made off with a $1 million ransom. FBI agents delivered the money in bathing suits so that the captors could see they were unarmed.
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