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No Man's Land: The Untold Story of Automation and QF72

by Kevin Sullivan
No Man's Land: The Untold Story of Automation and QF72
No Man's Land: The Untold Story of Automation and QF72

Heroic pilot averts disaster, questions automation's edge.

If you're fascinated by how split-second decisions make the difference between life and death, "No Man's Land" will keep you on the edge of your seat. This firsthand account from Captain Sullivan isn't just a tale of survival—it challenges our trust in technology and underscores the irreplaceable value of human experience and instinct under pressure. It's a thought-provoking read as we navigate an increasingly automated world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

No Man's Land: The Untold Story of Automation and QF72

by Kevin Sullivan
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ISBN: 9780733339745
Author: Kevin Sullivan
Publisher: ABC Books AU
Date of Publication: 2019-06-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Personal Development
Related Topics: Biography, Biography Memoir, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.4
(rated by 317 readers)

Description

A gripping account of how a major air disaster was averted by the captain and former Top Gun pilot. 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. As automation becomes the way of the future, the story of QF72 raises important questions about how much control we relinquish to computers and whether more checks and balances are needed.
 

Heroic pilot averts disaster, questions automation's edge.

If you're fascinated by how split-second decisions make the difference between life and death, "No Man's Land" will keep you on the edge of your seat. This firsthand account from Captain Sullivan isn't just a tale of survival—it challenges our trust in technology and underscores the irreplaceable value of human experience and instinct under pressure. It's a thought-provoking read as we navigate an increasingly automated world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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