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CNN reporting it was an aborted take off.

Landing gear fire it looks like to me. Too dark of smoke and I can see the left turbine pretty clearly in the linked picture. Looks like a rejected take-off for unknown reason. It could be because of an engine failure.

QAN shares up 4.250%.

Qantas dives to record $2.8 billion annual loss QANTAS has posted a massive $2.8 billion net loss as it wrote off a big chunk of its fleet and moved to take as much pain as possible in the previous financial year. The net loss was almost double the worst expectations of...

MH17 flew exactly as other aircraft in the area - it bypassed the area singled out by Eurocontrol as 'dangereous' (and restricted). This plane flew exactly as everybody else in the area per the latest info. Also the "closed" areas in the general area only blocked altitudes to FL320, this...

Ukrainian millitary escorted B777 until 3 minutes before disappearing Ukraine air traffic ... ETN received information from an air traffic controller in Kiev on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. This Kiev air traffic controller is a citizen of Spain and was working in the Ukraine. He was taken...

ABC News is reporting that the "rebels" have the black box (boxes) and will turn them over only to the Russians.

Back in April, US flights were warned not to fly over conflict-ridden regions of eastern Ukraine by the FAA earlier this year. (Reported in the Guardian Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 'crashes in Ukraine' - live updates | World news | theguardian.com which is maintaining updates.) R.I.P to all...

Since when did Jetstar have A380's hahaha. It would be nice if the story was reported accurately. A direct hit by a reversing Virgin aircraft on to the running auxiliary power unit at the rear of the Jetstar A380 might have caused spinning components to fly out of engine casings and the...

Surely there must be some CCTV of the accident. Will be very interesting to see if there is.

AIR marshals were forced to restrain a man on a plane bound from Sydney to Manila after the irate passenger tried to break into the coughpit. Australian Mamudu Kamara, who was travelling on Qantas flight QF19, ran up and banged on the door of the flight deck after crew had...

ECONOMY BAGGAGE LIMITS Non FF and bronze members, was one piece up to 23kg, now 30kg Qantas Club and silver members, was two pieces up to 23kg each, now 42kg Gold members, was two pieces up to 32kg each, now 46kg Platinum/platinum one members, was three pieces up to 32kg each, now 50kg...

Steve Purvinas strikes again: REPAIRING tiny cracks in the wings of Airbus's flagship A380 superjumbo will take eight weeks for each aircraft but the work does not have to be done in one go and is not urgent, the company says. The France-based plane-maker confirmed a...

A US Airways jet travelling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, raising terrorism fears. An examination by two doctors aboard the plane found...

Re: QANTAS to split International and Domestic operations from July QANTAS will seperate its domestic and international business operations from July, each with its own CEO, as the airline continues a major overhaul. The carrier says each of the two businesses will have its...

Good point! I'll have to start looking through these threads. Thanks!

Cheers! Any tips for the USA cities I mentioned/Hong Kong would be appreciated! I've got a pretty good idea from being to those places/TripAdvisor but I'll welcome anymore advice.

Used my QFF points! I've got almost a million so plenty to spare.