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

by PEP | July 25, 2008 at 05:13 am | 401 views | 5 comments

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 caused a sudden hole in the aircraft's fuselage? No one knows yet.

A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday after a loud bang punched a hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage, officials and passengers said.

There were no injuries, but some of the 345 passengers vomited after disembarking, said Manila International Airport Authority deputy manager for operations Octavio Lina.

PASSENGERS on a packed jumbo jet flight from London spoke today of their terror after a gaping hole appeared in the plane as it headed for Australia.

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Caoimhin1

at 05:16 on July 25th, 2008

good stuff:

PEP, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Vinny

at 05:22 on July 25th, 2008

good stuff:

PEP, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Paschen

at 09:07 on July 25th, 2008

good stuff:

PEP, I like this story. It's good stuff.

PEP

at 09:10 on July 25th, 2008

I've included a link to jayr_patron, who had this story first. And, staff noted mchawk's later. round-up, where they moved it into the top five (congratulations, mchawk).

Thanks to everyone who read this version and flagged it. You are appreciated. :)