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- omgitsacamera
Qantas pilot Captain John Francis Bartels looks at the damaged fuselage in Manila, Philippines.A Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne made an emergency landing in the Philippines on Friday after a hole appeared in the fuselage and the cabin lost pressure suddenly.
Qantas pilot Captain John Francis Bartels looks at the damaged fuselage in Manila, Philippines.Qantas pilot Captain John Francis Bartels looks at the damaged fuselage in Manila, Philippines.
"There was an almighty crack," one passenger said. "We dropped a bit in the air, but other than that it was fine."
"There was a big bang," said another. "I knew there was a hole somewhere, but I didn't know what was going on."
Marina Scaffidi, 39, from Melbourne, told The Associated Press: "There was wind swirling around the plane and some condensation."
She said a hole extended from the cargo hold into the passenger cabin.
Michael Rahill, 57, an architect from Melbourne, told AP the bang sounded "like a tire exploding, but more violently."
Images of the Boeing 747-400 after it landed showed a large hole where the leading edge of the wing attaches to the fuselage.
The flight originated in London. It was diverted to Manila International Airport, where it landed around 11:15 a.m. (11:15 p.m. ET Thursday.)
There were no reports of injuries among the 346 passengers and 19 crew, the airline said in a statement. Oxygen masks were deployed during the emergency.
Passengers said their ears popped because of the plane's rapid descent to a lower altitude.
Some passengers vomited after disembarking, Manila International Airport Authority deputy manager for operations Octavio Lina told AP.
The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority have been notified and plan to investigate, according to Geoff Dixon, Qantas CEO.
- slappy0
Their standards are slipping, I have a flight to Sydney with them next month but I'm on a newer Airbus 330 so should be ok.
Sky beds FTW!
- Meh...Airbus...omgitsacamera
- yeah the Boeing fleet is looking a little old over here... Our Airbuses are newer and better business class.slappy
- Huebert0
Qantas are over rated imo
- nikdaum0
Look what happens when you let an obese man ride a plane... I keep telling QANTAS this and they keep ignoring me.
Signed,
Structural Engineer Specializing in Fatty-Hating
- ephix0
I hope my qantas flight from hong kong to aus in oct isn't on a 747
- ********0
[insert cheap American made plane here]
- ribit0
If you want to know what happened, keep following this board (they seem to know what they are talking about)...
http://www.airliners.net/aviatio…