Do Go On

390 - The Qantas Bomb Heist

Apr 12, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Qantas Podcast

3min

The Bomb Heist on Qantas Flight 755

2min

The Unthinkable

2min

The Bombing of a Second Boeing 707

2min

The Navy Ships and the Fire Over the Ocean

2min

Captain Selwyn's Obituary

3min

The War on Terror

3min

The Bunny Hunt

2min

10.

The Day of the Music in Brackett's 128 People

2min

11.

The Fault in the Flight Deck

2min

12.

The Qantas Ransom Ransom Scam

3min

13.

The Bombing of a Combi Van

2min

14.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

3min

15.

Alan Joyce Pays Terrorist $500,000 for Nothing

2min

16.

Qantas Pays $500,000 Ransom to Man Who Threatened to Blow Up a Hong Kong Bound Airliner With 128 People Aboard

2min

17.

The Hunt for Mr. Brown

2min

18.

How to Win 50 Grand Cash

2min

19.

The Last Size Mannequin

2min

20.

The Manequin in the Window

2min

21.

The Secret to a Successful Trip

3min

22.

Raymond James Pointing

2min

23.

Peter McCarry: The Brains of the Operation

2min

24.

The Unremarkable Moniker of Mr. Brown

3min

25.

The Importance of Airline Extortion

2min

26.

I Wish I'd Never Been Born

2min

27.

McCarry's Plot to Extort a Pan American Jet

5min

28.

Qantas and the Bomb Hoax

2min

29.

The 1971 Qantas Bomb Hoax

2min

30.

The Search for a Drug on a Flight

3min

31.

Patreon Supporters of No One Inches

3min

32.

The Best Walkout Song for Comedy Shows

2min

33.

How to Choose the Right Walk Out Music

3min

34.

The CEO of Remembering Names Is the Never Immediately Said Our Names All Wrong

4min

35.

The First Katari Shout Out to Qatar

2min

36.

Qantas: A History of Qantwats

3min

37.

How to Thank a Few People

2min

38.

The Importance of Entrees

2min

39.

Myra Desmette and the Tripditch Club

2min

40.

The Angels: A Classic 70 Story

2min

41.

The Best of the Best

2min

42.

The Angels

2min

43.

The Importance of Being a Customer

5min

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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