Another emergency for Qantas
Qantas is in the news again, with another incident involving a open cargo door on a 767.
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Written by tb_neg on July 28th, 2008 with 2 comments.
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Giant hole in Qantas 747
A rather scary incident aboard a Qantas flight resulted in shaken people, but no loss of life as a giant hole appeared in a Qantas 747. The cause of the incident is still unknown. Flight QF30 from Hong Kong to Melbourne diverted to Singapore after the incident.
Somewhat disturbing, a report of oxygen mask failure.
Times Online Article.
Sun Article.
BBC Article.
Video of inside.
Video 2.
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Written by tb_neg on July 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Rowdy passengers cause different kind of flight turbulence
An American Airlines flight that was delayed a mere hour and half ended up never leaving the ground because passengers started booing the late flight crew and started acting hostile towards them. The crew, citing a ‘hostile work environment’, refused to work the flight. American ended up canceling the flight, and in the ultimate bit of irony, when the flight left the next morning and arrived at LGA, the bags were sent to JFK. Given it was a Florida based flight, delays are almost inevitable this time of year and the passengers were being unreasonable.
See the story and video here.
Written by tb_neg on July 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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