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Qantas has had a recent spree of safety problems, the latest one being when an Airbus A330 experienced what the airline poetically called "a sudden change in altitude.""Passenger laptop computers are now being...Australian jet plunge injures 40
Australia's national carrier Qantas portrays and prides on good safety record with world standard but recent incidents have created a bad name for it. There has been many incidents involving Qantas airlines in...Qantas experiences plane problems yet again
August has not been the best month for Qantas Airlines as a string of airplane malfunctions has threatened to challenge the world’s third best airline status that Qantas has been granted according to the results...Another day, another Qantas scare
A Qantas domestic flight carrying 111 passengers pulled out of a take-off today at Melbourne Airport after noises were heard coming from the undercarriage. "The Canberra-bound plane returned to the terminal and...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Qantas suffers third emergency landing in a week
In baseball three strikes has dire consequences, but whether the same holds true for airlines is still up in the air--or not, actually, judging by all the grounded planes. Australia's national airline has initiated its third emergency landing in a week, raising serious... Qantas 'safest airline in the world' - CEO
Over the past twenty years ago, Qantas has enjoyed a safety record that was the envy of many other airlines, in that none of its aircraft had ever crashed. The carrier held the reputation for being the safest...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2696 views | 6 recommendations | 20 comments
Qantas faces special safety probe
Perturbed with a spate if incidents involving Qantas airplane, Australian government ordered today a special review of the entire fleet of Qantas. Hopefully this will double check any problem and...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... Narrow escape for Qantas flight (updated)
London to Melbourne flight QF30 had to make an emergency landing after a 4-metre hole opened up in the fuselage.The Boeing 747 had just taken off from a stopover in Hong Kong, when the cabin suffered an... Passengers tell of 'terrifying' scare on Qantas flight
" Passengers on a Qantas jumbo jet bound for Melbourne told how the plane plunged 6,000 meters and debris flew through the cabin in an "absolutely terrifying" mid-flight ordeal Friday. The Qantas Boeing 747 plane, carrying 346 passengers and 19 crew, made an emergency...
created by jayr_patron | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1112 views | 24 recommendations | 9 comments
Oz Flight Price Drop
Dare to dream of flights to Australia costing less than a grand!"Travel between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, considered one of the more popular but most expensive routes in the world, may be soon be...Security breaach causes airport chaos
"Qantas is yet to decide whether any action will be taken against a person who breached security and caused serious disruptions to flights at Melbourne Airport today. A person has been questioned by Qantas security staff after a set of keys was handed around an x-ray...Coffins cleared for Qantas take-off
I hope this situation never happens again. It’s hard enough living in remote areas without having to put up with this. All Qantas had to do was change planes for one service…"Coffins cleared for Qantas take-off. Qantas has been given the all clear to transport coffins on...Will the Tiger eat the Virgin?
"This is an interesting startup for Australia, given the number of failed startups in the past. One aspect could be that due to the average flight distance, airfares are perhaps proportionally higher, per flight that many other countries, leading to lower usage. More...
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