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A nightmare in the sky ‘THERE’S A BOMB ON THE PLANE!’

As flight QF755 soared through the sky on its way from Sydney to Hong Kong, its 128 unsuspecting passengers had no idea of the horrifying phone call a “Mr Brown” had just made to Qantas bosses.

“There’s an explosive on board,” Mr Brown had said. “It will detonate as the plane comes into land unless my demands for $500,000 are met.”

It was May 26, 1971, and that call began an

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