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The day the jumbo came down in the terrace
This list was produced around 1985. Some people say a 747 never did crash in St George's Terrace, Perth. Others know better.
Barry Thornton cadges duty-free cigarettes off the survivors.
Alan McIntosh says he saw a bigger one crash in the sea off Mullaloo.
Arthur Hanlon sticks silly signs on the survivors' backs.
Rod Easdown promotes a new run-around-the-wreckage.
Jane Maclatchy asks the kids what they thought.
Murph investigates any unusual pets owned by the victims.
Alison Fox speculates on whether the jumbo had permission from the council.
Alan Hale claims the episode is a KGB plot.
Frazer Guild and Mario D'Orazio begin a six-month investigation on the implications for Capel beach-sands mining, which Mario has to stop while he reviews the galley food.
Bob Messenger and Maurie Carr are nowhere to be found.
Tim Knowles takes an early cut.
Doc Paddick is fast asleep.
Debbie Colvin tries to incorporate a new course on aviation crash prevention into the TAFE curriculum.
Robbie Burns suggests it was the first jumbo to crash in the Terrace during a Sheffield Shield match at the WACA on a Thursday with Bruce Laird as WA captain and Queensland win the toss but send WA in to bat and Graeme Wood doesn't get run out.
Bill Reynolds suggests the plane should have landed in Fleet Street.
Jim Harding subs the AAP version of the story.
Drama critic Jo Knowsley wonders why her review of the story is rejected.
Lionel Northover queries the spelling of Boeing.
Joe Keeling sells Boeing shares and buys McDonnell-Douglas.
Hartley Joynt finishes three novels.
John Davies leads page 1 with the story, then puts it back to page 3 as a two-par filler in the Sports.
The picture library can't find a stock picture of a jumbo.
John Altham interviews the dead pilot.
Jack Carter tells everyone that it's none of their business.
Betty Heaney rings her sister to tell her the good news.
Kay Maisey writes a 100-word intro.
Bill Power produces the genuine article and wishes the plane had landed on Penn-Rose.
John Arthur claims Ray O'Connor had tipped him off the day before.
Barney Simpson asks if there are any biscuits on board.
Kaye Hopkins asks Channel 7 if they plan to do a series.
John McCourt warns survivors to swim between the flags.
Lindy Brophy says George would have done a better job.
Ernie Manning quotes the pilot as saying "This plane trialled well after a spell and I thought with the extra 2000km it would stay the distance. However soreness in the left wing and a wide run caused tiring. I am by my dad out of my mum, who is related by marriage to my uncle, which makes me a cousin of his daughter. The plane is by Boeing out of hangar, a distance relative of runway."
Joanne Fowler asks dying passengers if they have relatives working for WA Newspapers.
Jim Magnus (taking ear plugs out) asks: "What woke me?"
Ron Barratt says: "That was nothing. Just wait till they see System 5500 crash."
Chris Smyth asks what the temperature was on board when the plane crashed.
Kim Murray says it's a Catch-22 situation with an element of déjà vu.
Mario D'Orazio says a row is brewing over a split in the Liberal . . . er, sorry, pavement in St George's Terrace.
The Western Mail says it happened the day before.
John Williams recalls when he was a 747 pilot with Mad Mike Hoare in the Congo.
Jim Maher says he'd made it with every stewardess on board. Asks if he can break the news to their families.
Barry Lee says: "I wish I'd had an early night last night."
Bill Lang says: "I'd rather be sailing."
Hum says: "Bill Hassell is going to sue us over this."
Peg Carter says: "We're running out of coffee."
Jim Carr says: "Must have been a woman pilot."
Dale Walsh says: "I think we'll hang on to it."
Mike Parry is pleased to hear that among those killed in the crash was G. Birch.
Mike Holmes promises to write 12 pars and produces 43, rewritten from the Sydney Sun.
Mark Thomson reports 800 sharks and three raw prawns sighted in the Swan River.
Young Ankles harangues the survivors in a totally unintelligible Scottish voice, then says: "You'll have to work till 9pm because I'm a boss now."
Mike Parry says to anyone who'll listen: "I'll swap jobs with you anytime."
Peter Cogan writes: "The setrary of the TCL, Mr Petre Coko, claimed the crash was a plot designed to."
Alison Fox opens the window.
Peter Cogan closes it.
Barry Thornton says: "It might be a good one for Weekend News."
John McCourt gets around to writing his story three months later.
Bob Willox leads a party of SAS troops up the tailplane of the wreck in a practice run for the feared left-wing coup.
Genine Read discover the pilot was male and blames the crash on sexism.
Phil Bodeker blames TM. TM blames Phil Bodeker.
David Hynes puts on weight.
Jim Odgers asks if any of the passengers speak Spanish.