Cheetah Delays Qantas Flight

Cheetah Delays Melbourne-Adelaide FlightPassengers on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Adelaide had to wait on the tarmac for nearly an hour as ground crew struggled to get a cheetah onto the plane. Eventually, the cheetah had to take the next flight.You'd think a cheetah...

Qantas grounds Airbus fleet after mid-flight engine scare

" Qantas, Australia's national airline, grounded its Airbus A380 fleet indefinitely after part of a plane's engine cover fell off mid-flight on Thursday. The airline said the twin-deck planes -- the world's largest airliners -- will remain suspended until an investigation...

Oxygen bottles 'main focus' of Qantas Airline Accident investigation

"Qantas has been told to inspect all the oxygen bottles on its fleet of 747-400 jets. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has ordered Qantas to do the checks because an exploding oxygen cylinder might have caused the hole in the side of a plane flying from Hong Kong...

Qantas Plane Dives 20,000 Feet After Mystery Hole Rips Fuselage Area

Update: thanks to the ever-alert eye of NP member Vinny, I've learned that the first publication of this story was  by JayR_ Patron, here. Do stop by his column, too, please. A jumbo jet drops 20,000 feet in flight, and the passengers all live to tell the story. But what...