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News Source: International Herald Tribune
| about 1 year ago
Late Sunday, Qantas announced that its chief executive, Geoff Dixon, will step down from the airline in November. He will be replaced by Alan Joyce, head of the airline's low-fare subsidiary, JetStar, the airline said. Dixon was in the spotlight over...
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News Source: CNN
| about 1 year ago
Qantas pilot Captain John Francis Bartels looks at the damaged fuselage in Manila, Philippines. Officials from two U.S. transportation agencies said initial findings indicate there was no act of terrorism involved. Our preliminary checks on this...
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News Source: ITN
| about 1 year ago
An explosion that blew a hole in a jumbo jet was not a terrorist attack, investigators believe. Chris Yates The aircraft made an emergency landing in Manila in the Philippines after the explosion happened on the Hong Kong to Melbourne leg of the...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
Entries in an online engineers' forum in February referred to the detection of corrosion during a maintenance check on the plane, a Qantas Boeing 747. Qantas said the plane had undergone checks but no faults were detected. More than 360 people were...
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News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
Qantas flight 30 cruised at 29,000ft above the South China Sea on the last leg of its long journey from London to Australia. Weary passengers were dozing or watching the in-flight entertainment and counting down the hours till they landed in...
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News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| about 1 year ago
Qantas passengers will land in Australia later this morning after a terrifying ordeal in which a massive hole blew through the belly of a plane they had been flying in earlier at 29,000 feet. The Boeing 747, which was carrying 346 passengers and 19...
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News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 year ago
IST(25/7/2008) A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after plunging thousands of feet and losing cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne. Passengers reported hearing a loud bang before the aircraft...
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News Source: Bradenton Herald
| about 1 year ago
A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent over the South China Sea. The Boeing 747-400 was cruising at 29,000 feet when a...
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News Source: Macleans
| about 1 year ago
A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers over the South China Sea forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent. The Boeing 747-400 was cruising at 29,000 feet when a...
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News Source: The Australian
| about 1 year ago
Melbourne-bound Qantas jumbo jet after a mid-air explosion ripped a gaping hole in its fuselage and plunged the plane into a 20,000ft emergency descent. Almost 350 mostly Australian travellers on QF30 from London heard an "almighty bang" yesterday...