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July 25, 2008

Qantas Emergency Landing - Giant Hole in Plane

Filed under: Travel Safety — Rick Seaney @ 10:35 am

This must have been scary.

A Qantas flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong had to make an emergency landing in the Philippines today after a giant hole appeared where the wing is attached to the fuselage of the 747-400.

No one was hurt — amazingly.

Passengers said, there was a big bang — a “violent” noise — and, according to one report, “explosive decompression.”

Some of the cabin floor gave way, and luggage in the cargo hold was visible; at the same time, some of the plane’s ceiling was giving way. See pictures of the plane here.

As they say, an investigation is underway.

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