No man's land, Kevin Sullivan
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No man's land, Kevin Sullivan
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-328)
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contains biographical information
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no index present
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non fiction
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No man's land
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bibliography
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Kevin Sullivan
Summary
On routine flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth on 7 October 2008, the primary flight computers went rogue, causing the plane to pitch down, nose first, towards the Indian Ocean - twice. The Airbus A330 carrying 315 passengers and crew was out of control, with violent negative G forces propelling anyone and anything untethered through the cabin roof. It took the skill and discipline of veteran US Navy Top Gun Kevin Sullivan, captain of the ill-fated flight, to wrestle the plane back under control and perform a high-stakes emergency landing at a RAAF base on the WA coast 1200 kilometres north of Perth. In "No Man's Land", the captain of the flight tells the full story for the first time. It's a gripping, blow-by-blow account of how, along with his co-pilots, Sullivan relied on his elite military training to land the gravely malfunctioning plane and narrowly avert what could have been a horrific air disaster
Target audience
adult
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No man's land, the untold story of automation on QF72
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