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November 28, 2013 2013 Greenwich Mean Time West 30 Degrees Flight Level 310 1 I had just drifted off to sleep, with the rhythmic undulations of the aircraft gently rocking me to sleep, when there was a loud knock on the bunk door. Calling the claustrophobic space a bunk was a stretch, but at least it provided the opportunity to get a power nap while my two copilots manned the cockpit. I opened the door and swung my legs to the aisle floor, being careful not to completely sit up so I wouldn’t hit my head on the bottom of the upper bunk. I blinked against the light in the narrow hallway between the passenger cabin and the cockpit as I let my eyes adjust. Bill Burton, our Purser, was standing in the hallway. “Captain Hancock, the crew called me to wake you. You’re needed in the cockpit immediately.” “Thanks, Bill. Could you please send up a coffee, black with Splenda?” “Right away, sir.” My mind raced to clear the cobwebs as I tried to envision what the problem was. I could fully appreciate what the Captain of A