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Qantas.... Still hasn't crashed!

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Simon_Cowbell, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/25/quantas-jet-lands-with-ga_n_114931.html
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 25, 2008
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  2. WildBillyCrazyCat

    WildBillyCrazyCat Member

    Actually, they have crashed:

    http://www.avweb.com/news/news/184281-1.html
     
    WildBillyCrazyCat, Jul 25, 2008
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  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Rainman will be upset.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 25, 2008
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  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    That's nuts. Kudos to the pilot.

    Wonder what it will turn out to be:

    Terrorism?
    Sabotage by a disgruntled mechanic?
    or some weird accident?
     
    Ace, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    No deaths yet. That satisfies the "never crashed" criteria to me.
     
    playthrough, Jul 25, 2008
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  6. WildBillyCrazyCat

    WildBillyCrazyCat Member

    Hell of a job by them getting the plane down safely.

    Maybe it was a structural fatigue problem?

    There was a United Airlines 747 that had a hole blown out the side off Honolulu many years ago, but that was because the latches on a cargo door fatigued.

    This Qantas incident might be a smaller-scale version of the Aloha Airlines accident, when structural fatigue led to the roof blowing off. That'd be my guess, anyway.
     
    WildBillyCrazyCat, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    bingo
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 25, 2008
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  8. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Early word is some kind of strange electromagnetic disturbance over the South Pacific. Authorities suspect it has something to do with this guy:

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    Batman, Jul 25, 2008
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