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Great Aussie Cons | The Qantas Con

Great Aussie Cons | The Qantas Con

The public watch the sky above Sydney as a Boeing 707 circles for hours. Fuel running dangerously low. Qantas flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong, is threatened by a terrifying phone call. Richard Roxburgh takes a deep dive into the events of that fateful day. On May 26th, Qantas flight 755 takes off on a routine flight from Sydney to Hong Kong. A man called Mr Brown telephones. He wants half a million dollars – or else 'the plane will blow up'. The public watches the sky above Sydney as a 707 circles in a holding pattern for hours. Bomb experts are called in as QF 755’s fuel runs dangerously low.

ABC Rewind · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

June 15, 202428m 39s

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Show Notes

The public watch the sky above Sydney as a Boeing 707 circles for hours.  Fuel running dangerously low. Qantas flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong, is threatened by a terrifying phone call. 

Richard Roxburgh takes a deep dive into the events of that fateful day.

On May 26th, Qantas flight 755 takes off on a routine flight from Sydney to Hong Kong. 

A man called Mr Brown telephones. He wants half a million dollars – or else 'the plane will blow up'.

The public watches the sky above Sydney as a 707 circles in a holding pattern for hours. 

Bomb experts are called in as QF 755’s fuel runs dangerously low.

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