Milestones of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2001
Milestones of the week

SYDNEY, April 13 AAP - Milestones of the week:



GROUNDED - Ansett Airlines' fleet of 10 Boeing 767s aircraft after hairline cracks
were found in structural components.



DIED

- Publisher Clyde Packer, 65, elder brother of media magnate Kerry Packer.





- Boxer Ahmad Popal, 29, after hitting his head on the canvas during a bout in Melbourne.



RETIRED - Nicholas Whitlam as a director of NRMA Insurance





- Maritime union leader John Coombs on the third anniversary of Australia's waterfront dispute.



SACKED

- NRMA Insurance Group managing director Eric Dodd.



NETTED

- A world record goal tally in Australia's 31-0 victory over American Samoa in a soccer
World Cup qualifier.

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