News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 year ago
Qantas flight QF30 landed in Manila yesterday afternoon, the pilot made a startling admission: "There's a large hole in the side of the plane." A passenger recalled him saying, "I don't know how it got there." Passengers had spent a nervous hour on...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
George Kierans, from Drogheda, and his wife were on the Qantas Boeing 747 which was flying from London to Melbourne when flooring gave way, part of the ceiling collapsed and debris flew into the first class cabin. Frightened passengers, some of whom...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
Edwin Loobrera/Agence France-Presse � Getty Images Qantas pilot Captain John Francis Bartels, right, looking at the hole of a Qantas Airways Boeing 747 after it made an emergency landing at the international airport in Manila on Friday. All 346...
News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 year ago
Uncontrolled decompression on a passenger aircraft can cause chaos within the cabin and lead to passengers losing consciousness, aviation medical experts say. A Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne was diverted to Manila today after a large hole...
News Source: B92
| about 1 year ago
A passenger plane en route from London to Melbourne has made an emergency landing in the Philippines...Qantas Airways said its Boeing 747-400, with 346 passengers and 19 crew, diverted to Manila shortly after leaving Hong Kong and landed safely...An...
News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
Qantas pilot John Francis Bartels contemplates the hole in his 747. Photograph: Edwin Loobrera/AFP/Getty Hundreds of passengers and crew on a Qantas jet en route from London to Melbourne had a remarkable escape today after a massive hole was ripped...
News Source: The Australian
| about 1 year ago
Qantas jumbo jet plunged 20,000 feet today after a 1.5m hole in the fuselage caused a rapid decompression. Witnesses said there was a bang and a rush of wind before oxygen masks fell and the plane began an emergency descent. The plane was about 320km...