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    The 1971 Qantas bomb hoax was an extortion and robbery committed by Peter Macari and Raymond Poynting on 26 May 1971, where Macari, under the alias of...
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  • American screenwriter Mr Brown, code name used by Peter Macari in the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax Amber Brown, title character in a series of books by Paula Danziger...
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  • Call Me Mr. Brown (category Qantas)
    Australian movie based on the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax, written and directed by South Australian director Scott Hicks. In the 1971 incident, Peter Macari extorted...
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  • Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas (/ˈkwɒntəs/ KWON-təs), is the flag carrier of Australia, and the largest airline by fleet size, international...
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  • prototype. May 26 – In the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax, a man extorts A$500,000 in ransom from Qantas by claiming to have hidden a bomb aboard Flight 755, a Boeing...
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  • blogger "Mr. Brown", the code name used by Peter Macari during his 1971 Qantas bomb hoax A pseudonym of William Makepeace Thackeray Mr. Brown, the character...
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    JET; Qantas pays in mid-air bomb hoax", The Age (Melbourne), May 27, 1971, p.1 "The true story of the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax — one of Australia's most audacious...
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  • champion Call Me Mr. Brown (1986) – Australian crime film based on the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax Caravaggio (1986) – British historical drama film depicting a fictionalised...
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  • have a similar bomb aboard a flight. A notable attempt was the Qantas bomb hoax in 1971, when a caller claimed to have placed such a bomb. The man actually...
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  • People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations. Qantas agrees to pay $500,000 to bomb hoaxer/extortionist Mr. Brown (Peter Macari), who is later arrested...
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    because of a bomb hoax inspired by the recent showing on TV of a 1966 film, The Doomsday Flight, and perhaps by a similar hoax involving Qantas Flight 755...
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  • On 3 August 1971, BOAC Flight 600, operated by a Boeing 747 from Montreal to London, was diverted to Denver, Colorado due to a bomb hoax inspired by a...
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    entry" to New Zealand. Irving rejected the ban and attempted to board a Qantas flight for New Zealand from Los Angeles on 17 September 2004. He was not...
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    directed the telemovie Call Me Mr. Brown, which was based on the Qantas bomb hoax of 1971. In 1988 he made a children's film called Sebastian and the Sparrow...
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    Retrieved 14 May 2022. "Copenhagen agency that made SAS ad targeted with 'hoax' bomb threat". The Local Denmark. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2022. "SAS'...
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  • race. First McDonald's in Australia opens at Yagoona. Qantas pays $500,000 ransom in bomb hoax. Ken Rosewall and Margaret Court champions in the last...
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    international operators flying through Indonesian airspace – including Australia's Qantas – improved safety. Indonesia had joined the Colombo Plan in 1953, which...
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  • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top Qaboos bin Said Qantas Flight 32 Qatar at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Qayyum Raishyan Qi Qi...
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