Ask the Pilot: The safe landing of the damaged Qantas 747 was no miracle. Plus: If a plane loses …
Back on July 25, this column included a brief item about the safety record of Qantas, the kangaroo-tailed national airline of Australia. That same day, as fate would have it, a Qantas 747 en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne suffered an in-flight decompression, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing in the Philippines. A large hole was discovered in the forward lower fuselage, purportedly… » Full Story on Salon.com
