No man's land
Sullivan, Kevin (Air pilot)2019
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On routine flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth on 7 October 2008, the primary flight computers went rogue, causing the plane to pitch down, nose first, towards the Indian Ocean -- twice. The Airbus A330 carrying 315 passengers and crew was out of control, with violent negative G forces propelling anyone and anything untethered through the cabin roof. It took the skill and discipline of veteran US Navy Top Gun Kevin Sullivan, captain of the ill-fated flight, to wrestle the plane back under control and perform a high-stakes emergency landing at a RAAF base on the WA coast 1200 kilometres north of Perth. In "No Man's Land", the captain of the flight tells the full story for the first time. It's a gripping, blow-by-blow account of how, along with his co-pilots, Sullivan relied on his elite military training to land the gravely malfunctioning plane and narrowly avert what could have been a horrific air disaster.
Main title:
No man's land / Kevin Sullivan.
Author:
Sullivan, Kevin (Air pilot), author
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"A gripping account of how a major air disaster was averted, by the captain and former Top Gun pilot" -- Cover.Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-328)
ISBN:
9780733339745 (paperback)9781460710906 (ebook)
Dewey class:
363.1241629.13092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502549