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3 Cindy Wockner, ‘Woman’s Near Miss at the Clothesline’, Daily Telegraph, 5 November 2010.
4 Steve Creedy and Peter Alford, ‘Qantas Grounds A380s after Engine Blast’, Australian, 5 November 2010.
5 Karl Stefanovic, ‘Captain Fantastic’, Sixty Minutes, Channel Nine, 13 February 2011.
6 ATSB Transport Safety Report, Aviation Occurrence Investigation AO-2010-089 Preliminary, ‘In-flight uncontained engine failure overhead Batam Island, Indonesia 4 November 2010 VH-OQA Airbus A380-842’, November 2010.
7 Karl Stefanovic, ‘Captain Fantastic’.
8 Andrew Heasley and Matt O’Sullivan, ‘Qantas Aircraft Could Have Exploded’, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November 2010.
9 Damien Murphy, ‘If I was in a dire situation on a plane I would want to know Rich was up front.’ Sydney Morning Herald, 6 November 2010.
10 Andrew Carswell, Clementine Cuneo and Cindy Wockner, ‘Sky Hero Is a Guardian Angel’ Daily Telegraph, 6 November 2010.
11 Joe Hildebrand and Ian McPhedran, ‘Time Qantas Called Australia Home’, Daily Telegraph, 5 November 2010.
12 Ibid.
13 Rachel Olding and Danny John, ‘Qantas Celebrates Turning 90 with Superjumbo in Room’, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 November 2010.
14 Ibid.
15 Conversation with author.
16 Andrew Heasley and Matt O’Sullivan, ‘Qantas Engine Explosion Followed Safety Warning’, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 2010.
17 ATSB Media Release, ‘Risk of Aviation Oxygen Cylinder Rupture Extremely Remote’, 22 November 2010.
18 ATSB Transport Safety Report, Aviation Occurrence Investigation, AO-2008-003, ‘Electrical system event 25 km NNW of Bangkok International Airport, Thailand 7 January 2008 VH-OJM Boeing Company 747-438’, December 2010.
19 Conversation with author.
20 Scott Rochfort, Sydney Morning Herald, Business Day, 4 February 2011.
21 Matt O’Sullivan, ‘Etihad Tells Qantas Chief to Stop Complaining’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 2011.
22 Wes Hosking, ‘Qantas Jet Dives 8 km’, Daily Telegraph, 26 January 2010.
23 AAP, ‘We Don’t Have Maintenance Issues’, Courier Mail, 27 January 2011.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THIS BOOK COULD not have been written without the help, support and wisdom of a special group of people. First and foremost must come publisher Alison Urquhart, a woman of vision who also understands the way writers work and the way publishing meetings need to be conducted. Alison is part of a wonderful team at Random House, headed up by Nikki Christer. Special thanks have to go to the sales and marketing experts at Random, who threw their weight behind this book. Any mistakes are totally my responsibility; the vast majority were picked up by the eagle eyes of two thorough and tireless editors, Catherine Hill and Jo Jarrah.
Research, particularly for the early years, was brilliantly and enthusiastically assisted by Manuel Mitternacht. Air-crash investigator Macarthur Job was very generous in sharing his extensive knowledge and allowing me permission to