| Boeing 747-438, Bangkok Thailand, 23 September 1999 Read the complete accident report on VH-OJH from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau See an animation of the approach and landing. VH-OJH into BKK Taken from the black box recorder (no sound). Review of the Crash of QF 1 in BKK 3 years on. Acrobat Reader Required | The Crash of the Super Constellation "Southern Wave" VH-EAC Newspaper clipping with pictures of some of the crew and the aircraft.
Read a summary of the Super Connine Accident in Mauritus From the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority The Failed No 3 Engine of "Southern Wave" 
Pic By Macarthur Job Senior Steward Pat McGann's report of the accident Flight Safety Org. Story of the crash |
Friday April 19, 2:49 PM Passenger lends a hand mid-flight to lock the door on a 747 A passenger had to help cabin crew secure an unlocked door during a Qantas flight from Cairns to Tokyo earlier this month.
The report in the Sydney Morning Herald said that aviation investigators will decide over the next few days whether to carry out an in depth investigation into the incident which happened on April 2.
Cabin crew on the Boeing 747 flight from Cairns to Nagoya noticed a red warning light that warned of problems with the exit door. | The door was checked but staff could not find anything wrong with it.
It was only as they neared Nagoya airport, south of Tokyo that they realised the door handle had become unlocked.
A Qantas spokesman confirmed that a passenger helped a flight attendant shut the door handle.
The plane, carrying 373 people, landed safely and returned to Cairns promptly.
The Qantas spokesman said that a pressure blowout would be structurally impossible because of other locking mechanisms in place. Reprinted from Travelpress. |
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