No Man's Land: The Untold Story of QF72A gripping account of how a major air disaster was averted, by the captain and former Top Gun Pilot Instinctively, I release my pressure on the sidestick. Out of my subconscious, a survival technique from a previous life emerges: Neutralise! I'm not in control so I must neutralise controls. I never imagined I'd use this part of my military experience in a commercial airliner On routine flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth on 7 October 2008, the primary