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One of those passengers was American-Belizean Kim Maxwell who was returning home to San Pedro. Her perspective on what happened in the plane is totally different from Grange. And that's because the information she got at the back of the plane is totally different. She couldn't hear what the hijacker was saying, she just knew there was a stabbing. Here's what she told us via phone yesterday:
Kim Maxwell, Survived Hijacking
"Now, were you aware of what he wanted to do? Did he, did the the hijacker verbalize"
"I couldn't understand what he was yelling. I heard yelling, I could tell it was the hijacker, that I know now, but I could tell it was the guy that was stabbing who was yelling, and I couldn't understand what he was saying because I'm running to the back and my husband saying, what's wrong? What's wrong? And I'm like, they're stabbing, somebody, stabbing somebody."
"Okay, so what point did you become aware that he wanted to go to Texas?"
"I think upon landing and, getting into the fire department areas, when I learned that, So I didn't. I had no idea what he wanted while we were on board the plane."
"So all this time, you're oblivious as to what is the reason he's hijacking this plane?"
"Yes."
"Okay, so now you're on the flight, and it's a flight that just won't end. Obviously. You know, you know that lives are in danger. Are you aware that the plane may be running out of fuel? Are you aware that you're still over Belize?"
"There were times I was wondering, if we could have been closer to Mexico or even closer to Guatemala at some point, because I wasn't familiar with anything that I could see on the ground. Castaneda, who was sitting next to me and I was trying my best to wrap him up. He was saying we were going to international. And I thought, okay, he's been stabbed. He's bleeding. He's delirious. I'm not sure that he knows anything, but I'll just hope and pray that that's where we're going."
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