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Passengers tell of 'terrifying' scare on Qantas flight
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by jayr_patron | July 24, 2008 at 11:17 pm
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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 landing in the Philippine capital Manila after a rupture in its fuselage.
The passengers and crew remained calm as the plane descended, realizing the true extent of their ordeal only when they have deplaned and saw the rupture on the plane's belly.
Angel Atutubo, Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) emergency services and security chief, said the plane landed safely at the Ninoy Aquinao International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA 1) at 11:20 a.m.
Manila airport operations officer Ding Lima told local radio the “hole in its belly” caused the aircraft to lose cabin pressure shortly after leaving Hong Kong. "There is a big hole in the belly of the aircraft near the right wing about three meters in diameter," he said.
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at 23:46 on July 24th, 2008
very scary, Cheers
at 00:14 on July 25th, 2008
jayr_patron, Very lucky, loss in cabin pressure 20,000 feet dissent. I heard some passenger got sick once they where on the ground and saw the hole in the planes belly.
at 01:40 on July 25th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff - what a lucky escape, that could have been so much worse...
at 04:37 on July 25th, 2008
Thanks for getting this news up so quickly, I only just noticed your post after reading later versions.
at 05:13 on July 25th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:13 on July 25th, 2008
jayr_patron, congratulations on getting this up first. I didn't see yours when I uploaded my post, as it wasn't anywhere on the front page. But I've added a note and link to yours at the very start of my post, and also added info in the comments. :)
at 08:21 on July 25th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Great job on getting it up so quickly!
at 01:39 on July 28th, 2008
Hi JAY R, Ive just read your post after I have posted mine in a different and later version..^^
I wonder what was the real hight of the plane cuz according the to LOCAL NEWS - ABS CBN WORLD, that was about 10,000 feet, but the FOX NEWS about 20,000Ft..and your about 6,000Ft..^^
at 17:42 on July 28th, 2008
It's 6,000 "meters" in this report, highlighted from Inquirer.net...that's roughly 20,000 feet :)