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Mixed emotions for the six family members of Erebus disaster victims heading to Antarctica today. Tomorrow marks 30 years since flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 passengers and crew on board. Pip Collins, daughter of the flight's captain...
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Wednesday said it had considered many factors as to why Qantas flight 72 took the sudden dive over Western Australia on October 7, 2008. Investigators are now considering the possibility that cosmic rays interfered...
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The historic Qantas Boeing 707-138B lands for the last time at Sydney International Airport, 07 June 2007. Qantas has celebrated a 50-year jet age anniversary with cup cakes at Sydney airport and a reminder that international air fares once cost over...
In one incident, an oxygen cylinder blew a hole in a Qantas jumbo jet on a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne in July, but investigators are still unable to explain it. Flight QF30 was forced to land in Manila and pictures showed a gaping hole in front...
The Qantas Airbus A380 with 343 passengers on board landed at Nadi Airport at about 7am. It is believed a passenger suffered a stroke during the flight from Los Angeles. As soon as the aircraft landed, the stricken passenger was rushed to Nadi Hospital...
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Qantas passenger jet had to be guided by another aircraft for almost its entire journey from Los Angeles yesterday after a malfunctioning weather radar left it at the mercy of the elements, in the first of two malfunctions experienced by the airline in...
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Fragments of an oxygen cylinder blasted into a Qantas jet's passenger cabin mid-flight with enough force to shear off a door lever when an explosion punctured the jet's body, investigators said Wednesday. The Boeing 747-400, with a huge hole in its fuselage,...
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Several passengers reported malfunctioning masks, after a hole was blown in the fuselage of the plane, which was en route to Melbourne from London. The airline says it regularly inspects all oxygen masks in line with the manufacturer's instructions, and...
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A Qantas jumbo jet forced to make an emergency landing in Manila with a "van-sized" hole in the fuselage had serious corrosion, it was claimed yesterday. Entries on an online aviation forum going back to February revealed that rust had been found during...
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Google THE pilot of a Qantas plane that hit a runway so hard that it "bounced" had two similar landings in the previous fortnight, a transport safety report says...A subsequent Qantas investigation found that pilots were not confident in their training...
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