On the 26th of May, 1971 Qantas received a phone call, there was a bomb on flight 755 from Sydney to London, if the plane dropped below 20,000 feet it would go off. Tune in to hear the story!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-23/qantas-bomb-hoax-1971-the-great-plane-robbery-australia/10807510

https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/12/qantas-bomb-hoax-australias-greatest-heist/

https://www.theage.com.au/national/from-the-archives-1971-qantas-pays-500-000-ransom-in-mid-air-bomb-hoax-20200522-p54vgz.html

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/the-great-plane-robbery-of-1971/news-story/dcf347e76a448bfbafd1c3a1f36529df

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13Yg3Fiq8s

https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/selwyn-william-16909

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