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390 - The Qantas Bomb Heist
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Captain Selwyn's Obituary
Captain Selwyn was a jet pilot with thousands of hours flying time under his belt and an empirical knowledge of Boeing 707 cockpit operations. His role in this instance was to keep the plane in the air and delay landing for as long as possible until negotiations were made and the ransom demand was met. One of the problems is if they do end up having a crash land, you don't want to be full of fuel because that'll make the crash more dangerous. The other benefit of hovering basically is that you're also burning fuel in case you do have to crash land.
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