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Terror in the Australian skies: Flight attendant Kaye recalls the terrifying moment her flight was ambushed 50 years ago
50 years ago, the hijacking of Ansett Airlines Flight 232 came to a violent conclusion on the tarmac at Alice Springs Airport.
50 years ago, the hijacking of Ansett Airlines Flight 232 came to a violent conclusion on the tarmac at Alice Springs Airport.
One minute Beth Young was sitting in the cockpit of the aeroplane, watching her pilot husband as he prepared for landing in Alice Springs. The next, a stranger was standing next to her, holding a sawn-off rifle, in one of Australia’s few aircraft hijacks.